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Why conflict in eastern DRC is unlikely to end soon as history repeats itself

Residents walk next to a vehicle with M23 fighters in Bukavu on February 16, 2025. M23 fighters entered the DR Congo provincial capital of Bukavu on February 14, 2025. [AFP]

For decades, Congo's eastern regions of North and South Kivu have been a tinderbox waiting to catch fire - and those willing to light a match were many and varied.

History has been rhyming in that vast country, where the more things seem to change, the more they stay the same.

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