
Extra troops deployed to Goma, North Kivu governor says
The governor of North Kivu province says more security forces have been deployed to Goma to help quell the attacks on UN bases.
The governor of North Kivu province gives a statement about the days of protests and attacks on UN bases in eastern DR Congo and says more security forces have been deployed to Goma to help quell the violence. We hear more from our journalist who attended the briefing.
Plus, Ethiopia's government calls for talks without any pre-conditions to begin with the Tigrayan rebels in a bid to end the bloody civil war.
And we drop in on the Resident Presidents. This week Olushambles is considering a new vocation as a church pastor.
Photo: Congolese soldiers sit by the UN base in Goma. Credit: Getty Images.
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