Rwanda, M23, and the battle for DR Congo’s Go...

This week: 373 days after the declaration of a ceasefire in Gaza, Israel has killed at least 1,511 Palestinians there. Israeli settlers have carried out more than 300 attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since the beginning of October. Gaza continues to shrink. The U ...  Show more

This week: One year after the declaration of a ceasefire in Gaza, Israel has killed at least 1,481 Palestinians there. Saudi Arabia says Yemeni fighters killed 12 people in a strike on the country's main airport. Israeli attacks escalated in Gaza. Israeli pogroms in the West Bank ...  Show more

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Rebels linked to Rwanda have occupied the city of Goma in eastern Congo. Our correspondent reports on the horrific scenes there, and warns that Rwanda’s belligerence may be part of a bigger plan to redraw the map of Africa. How microplastics may be affecting our health (10:43). A ...  Show more

In this episode of The Horn, Alan Boswell is joined by Richard Moncrieff, Crisis Group’s Great Lakes project director, to discuss the state of the war in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. They discuss the extent of the Rwanda-backed M23’s territorial gains in eastern Cong ...  Show more

“This is a cycle in Congo. It’s been almost 30 years this has been happening again and again and again. And (it) is devastating to see the same civilian populations are moving again and again.”Goma – the largest city in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo - has an offici ...  Show more