A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
A Look at the Face-off Between the DRC and Rwanda
A nation must think before it acts.
A Look at the Face-off Between the DRC and Rwanda
February 27, 2025 | 10:30 am to 11:30 am | Africa Program
About the Event
With M23 rebels having seized control of Goma, a key city in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), control of the DRC’s mineral wealth is in doubt. Support for M23 by neighboring Rwanda also creates the threat of possible warfare in the region. Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the East Africa Community (EAC), the two main regional multilateral entities, have called for talks to settle the dispute.
Paul Nantulya of the National Defense University’s Africa Center and Bob Wekesa from the Africa Center for the Study of the United States at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, join FPRI trustee and Africa Program chair Ambassador Charles Ray to discuss how this crisis impacts the region’s security and economies, and what it might mean for US Africa policy.
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Speakers
Paul Nantulya - Paul Nantulya is a Research Associate at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies. He is a subject matter specialist on Chinese foreign and security policy, China/Africa relations, and Africa’s relations with Southeast Asian countries.
Bob Wekesa - Bob is Partnerships and Research coordinator and Acting Director at the African Centre for the Study of the United States, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
Charles A. Ray - Charles A. Ray, a member of the Board of Trustees and Chair of the Africa Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, served as US Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Republic of Zimbabwe. ; Moderator
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