Sorry, this episode is not currently available

UN Urges DR Congo’s Leader to Keep Promise to Step Down

Under a deal reached a year ago, President Kabila was due to step down by the end of 2017

The UN has urged the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo to honour a deal to step down, after eight people were killed on Sunday during protests.

Plus the Nigerian army says more than 700 people held by Boko Haram militants in the north-east of the country have escaped captivity.

And the theme of ‘change’ is prominent in the new year messages from African leaders.

(Image: Members of diaspora Congolese associations hold a poster calling for Joseph Kabila to step down as president of the DR Congo. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

Show less

23 minutes