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Podcast: Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters
Episode: Congo in Crisis: What’s Driving the Violence and How Can it End?
Description: On January 26, a Rwanda-backed militia known as M23 captured the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, massive city of two million people and a major regional trading hub. While M23 had been active in the region for quite some time, this move marked a significant escalation in the ongoing conflict. To escalate things further, the group also vowed to march to Kinshasa, DRC’s capital, and overthrow the government. So who are M23? Why is Rwanda backing them? What may come next in the conflict? And what can be done to de-escalate this...