How illicit mining fuels violence in eastern DRC: Interview with Jean-Pierre Okenda

Mongabay
Feb 6, 2025, 11:02 am315 pts
On Jan. 28, the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 captured Goma, capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich North Kivu province. The fall of Goma marks a shocking chapter in a long-running conflict in the eastern DRC that has claimed millions of lives since it began in 1996. Deeply rooted in…

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