The news that caught the attention of the week’s magnifying glass is the explosion of the conflict between the DRC and Rwanda. The city of Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, was taken by rebels supported by the Rwandan neighbor. Clashes that are part of a conflict over 30 years of age. And at the heart of tensions: Paul Kagame, the president of Rwanda. Charlotte Lalanne, journalist at the Monde Service of L’Express, specialist in Africa, details this crisis.
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Charlotte Baris: For several years, the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been prey to clashes. On one side of the rebels of the M23, on the other the Congolese army.
Tensions that reached a new level a few days ago. The M23 has entered the main city of the Kivu region. The army could not hold Goma, and now the rebels control the majority. Leaving their home after the fighting, the inhabitants discovered hundreds of corpses, and many fled.
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