Inside DR Congo: Rwanda-Backed M23 Rebels Claim Seizing Goma, Why Is DRC Burning Now |WION Wideangle

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Inside DR Congo: Rwanda-Backed M23 Rebels Claim Seizing Goma, Why Is DRC Burning Now |WION Wideangle


On the 28th of January, the Rwanda-backed rebels seized the airport of east Congo’s largest city Goma, cutting off the route for aid.

Some 400,000 people have reportedly fled their homes in eastern Congo. The battle between M23 rebels and Congolese government forces in Goma has resulted in casualties, with many bodies left on the streets and…

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  1. This conflict is a result of neglect and failure of the Congolese government to accept part of its citizens as congolese. This led to the Rwandan speaking Congolese citizens being attacked by groups like mai mai leading to them having to take up arms and protect themselves thus the birth of M23. A result of inefficient, oppressive and corrupt governance that works along side militia responsible for the 1994 genocide and foreign interference that doesn't understand the conflict and some that are there just for minerals like the French and Romanian missioneries.

  2. This is all about DRC & it's own leadership to sort out their internal differences coz they ve forgotten all about their history & origin of this hence falsely accusing neighbours.

  3. First, I must congratulate the producer of this powerful, objective, and well needed analysis. I am watching this for the second time in a row.

    The content and the context in this presentation have a particular pull to the to me that speaks to my area of investigation.

    You provide the audience need to watch you video due to the deep historical analysis that contextualises the events that led to where the DRC is. I must compliment the presenter on the facts and the ability to lead the reader on this very complicated understanding.

    Your insights are not only educational, they cut through the generalised interpretations of the extent ofbthe corrupt nature of the military and the political leadership who have failed the Congolese people. Rsther than scapegoat Rwanda, the DRC political establishment needs to overhaul the whole governance structures.

    I have studied the Congo through the African lens in both international relations and international law. There are deep vestiges of the European empire, colonialism, and the Scramble for Africa, and the failed decolonisation process that continues to impose its neocolonial interferences.

    Your analysis has equipped me with further ideas to consider. I need to interrogate the linkages between the military aspect and the international.

    Africa is changing. This is the time for African young people to tell the African story from their own perspectives. Keep digging for facts. Thank you very much for this needed narrative.

  4. Is this what £750 million of UK Taxpayers money was used to finance the Rwandan Government to conduct a war in DRC rather than for the transportation to Rwanda of “Illegal” Refugees as the Conservative Government claimed?