Chaos in Congo

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🗓️ 6 February 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo is at war. Again. Sixty-five years of mismanagement began with a CIA assassination plot that condemned millions of Congolese to unending conflict. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Miles Bryan, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Rebel soldiers with a group called M23 who have taken control of the Congolese city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo by MICHEL LUNANGA/AFP via Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a large and beautiful country in Central Africa.
0:07.0	On its east, it borders Rwanda.
0:09.5	And right now, a rebel group called M23 is on a rampage in Congo after capturing the Congolese city of Goma.
0:17.0	The morgues in Goma are overflowing.
0:20.0	We can't go on like this.
0:21.6	Mother's a rape.
0:22.6	Kill.
0:23.6	When will this end?
0:26.6	Until when?
0:27.6	Aid agencies are struggling too.
0:29.6	Their warehouses in Goma were looted.
0:32.6	The men of M23 have been at this on and off for years now.
0:36.6	Congo is always on edge. Civilians have to flee
0:39.6	these M23 incursions, leaving their homes again and again and again to escape this campaign
0:45.8	of killing and rape. So who is funding and arming M23? It is Rwanda. Coming up on today
0:52.6	explained why everyone, including the United States, won't stop messing around in Congo.
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