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Central Africa
Great Lakes verification mechanism sees final days as DRC-M23 conflict drags on

The Joint Expanded Verification Mechanism, a little-known military cooperation body headed by an Angolan general, was supposed to investigate security incidents in the eastern DRC on behalf of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region. Its reports have been systematically blocked, however, by the authorities in Kigali and Kinshasa. [...]

Published on 23.08.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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