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World Service,13 Feb 2024,28 mins
What is behind the latest resurgence of fighting in Eastern DR Congo?
Focus on AfricaAvailable for over a year
There has been a resurgence of fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo involving rebels from the ethnic Tutsi-led M23 movement. Thousands of civilians have fled the violence. What is behind this latest escalation and what do the rebels want? Nurses and midwives in Nigeria protest new rules for verifying their qualifications to foreign nursing boards. Why are cases of prostate cancer increasing in South Africa ?
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