One on one with DRC Ambassador to SA, Ben Mpoko

African Dialogue

Let’s start our first segment with our one on one, and today we are joined on the line by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s Ambassador to South Africa and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Ben Mpoko.
We are going to speak to him about the complex challenges that the DRC is currently facing, the weakening security, the DRC’s relationship with South Africa and how can the country be stabilised…
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