Liputa Fashion Week: designers gather in Goma to promote peace

In the eastern Congolese city of Goma, at the center of a conflict that has raged for decades, designers, models and artists gathered Friday for a fashion show held in the name of peace.

The 10th edition of Liputa Fashion Week brought designers from eight different countries, including the DRC, Senegal, the U.S., Uganda and Ivory Coast. Tha annual event is held with the goal of promoting the African fashion industry.

Eastern Congo is a…