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Reaction to killing of al-Qaeda leader al-Zawahiri

We bring you reaction to the killing of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. US President Biden said he was behind the 1998 bombings of embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

We bring you reaction to the killing of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a US drone strike. President Biden said he was behind the 1998 bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, in which more than 200 people were killed.

Plus, DRC government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya tells us people in North Kivu are frustrated by persistent insecurity. The Congolese government wants the UN’s peacekeeping force to speed up its withdrawal from the country.

And Gambian Minister for Youth and Sports Bakary Badjie talks to us about the visa issues his country’s athletes have faced, hampering their ability to compete at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

(Photo: Rescue crews at work after the 1998 US embassy bombing in Nairobi; Credit: Getty Images)

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Tue 2 Aug 202219:06GMT

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