UN Urges DR Congo鈥檚 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 鈥榗hange鈥� 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)
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