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The UN Security Council passes a motion on the Gaza War - after two months of Israeli attacks that have killed twenty thousand Palestinians. The resolution - weakened by U.S. pressure - calls for more aid, but NOT for Israel to stop its bombardment. So will it have any impact? Jo ...  Show more

Next year's U.S. presidential election is predicted to be a contest between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. But not even that is certain in the most uncertain of election campaigns. So who else might be in the mix, and what are the important issues? Join host Dareen Abughaida. Guests ...  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

Bodies are lining the streets of Goma, and hospitals are overwhelmed after an escalation in the long-simmering conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Rwandan-backed M23 group claims it took control of the city, and the DRC has called it a declaration of war b ...  Show more

Le cobalt est le minerai essentiel à la fabrication des batteries électriques. Tout le monde en possède quelques grammes dans son téléphone portable et, pour ceux qui roulent en voiture électrique, quelques kilos sous le capot. La République démocratique du Congo (RDC) est le pre ...  Show more

Au début de l’année 2000, le New York Times parlait de “guerre mondiale africaine” en évoquant le conflit en République démocratique du Congo. Six pays avaient alors leurs armées au sein du pays qui était dirigé par Laurent-Désiré Kabila, chacun jouant sa partition au prétexte ...