Fighting reaches Goma in DRC
The upsurge of violence in Democratic Republic of Congo and the effect on Goma's civilians
Fighting has flared up in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo, with rebel forces seizing a camp and sending civillians fleeing; crowds have been throwing rocks outside the United Nations compounds in Goma, saying they've been let down by the UN. What is being done to avoid a regional catastrophe?
Also on the programme: a new report about the growing problems of drug trafficking in west Africa. Plus, why conservationists are afraid that the legal ivory trade between Namibia and China and Japan encourages poaching. In a landmark case, the Niger government found guilty of not protecting a woman from being being sold into slavery at the age of 12.
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