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Episode: Congo fashion show hopes to inspire peace, creativity in region affected by conflict
Description: As she puts the final touches on her latest collection, a fashion designer in Congo sees the pinning, sewing and ironing as a way to send a message to the world.
βThrough art, all the colors that we will express, through our clothes, it will be full of emotions, trying to explain what we are going through in our country,β Flore Mfuanani Nsukula says in her Goma workshop.
Conflict in eastern Congo has gone on for decades as myriad armed groups fight for control of valuable mineral resources. There are frequent mass killings, and the violence has triggered an exodus of r...