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Mar 2025
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The Future of Peacekeeping In Africa

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James talks to Kevin McDonald about the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the history and future of peacekeeping there.

Buy Kevin's book: https://www.mayobooks.ie/A-Life-Less-Ordinary-Kevin-McDonald

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