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19/12/2018 GMT

Democratic Republic of Congo Prepares For Elections

BBC World Service - World Update, Democratic Republic of Congo Prepares For Elections

This week's vote in the DRC will be the country's first democratic transfer of power

Ahead of long-delayed elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo later this week, the BBC’s Africa Correspondent Alastair Leithead has been on an expedition across the country. 

Also on the programme: A top American intelligence official has told the BBC that China is a far greater national security threat than Russia; and can and will entrepreneur Elon Musk's tunnel system solve transport problems in Los Angeles?

(Photo: A miner in Northern Kivu, Credit: Reuters)

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