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By Paul Ndiho

Decades-long conflicts in eastern Congo, involving numerous rival armed groups fighting over land and resources, have resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and displacement of over seven million. M23 Rebels pose a significant threat to the strategic eastern city of Goma in the conflict-hit east Congo region. Despite Rwanda’s denial of accusations that it backs M23, Congo, Western governments, including the United States, and reports from a United Nations expert group strongly indicate that the rebel group receives support from Rwanda. To provide more perspective on the issue, Zihindula Mulegwa, attorney and former spokesman for President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo, spoke to VOA’s Paul Ndiho.