UN says record 6.9 million displaced amid fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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November 16, 2023

Internal displaced people, fleeing the recent clashes between M23 rebels and Congolese soldiers, queue queue to collect water from a water tank in Kanyarushinya north of Goma on May 27, 2022. (Aubin Mukoni/AFP via Getty Images)

According to the United Nations migration agency, a record 6.9 million Congolese people have been displaced within the country of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Most of those displaced are in the eastern provinces where fighting has been ongoing for decades.

To understand why people are being forced to move within the country, host Robin Young speaks to Paul Nantulya from the African Center for Strategic Studies. We also hear the reporting of Congolese journalist Justin Kabumba, who writes for the Associated Press and France 24 from the eastern provincial capital of Goma.

This segment aired on November 16, 2023.

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