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29/12/2018 GMT

DR Congo Rivals Fail to Agree Peace Pact

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Efforts to prevent the DR Congo vote descending into violence on the eve of elections

The Democratic Republic of Congo is finally heading to the polls amid reports of repression and violence. The elections could mark the country's first democratic transition of power, but critics say the credibility of the vote is already being called into question.

Also on the programme: the British explorer Lou Rudd has just crossed Antarctica solo - he tells us about his best and worst day of the trek; and the Bitcoin-mining babushkas of Siberia.

(Photo: An electoral worker assembles a polling booth in Bukavu ahead of elections in the DR Congo. Credit: Fredrik Lerneryd/Getty Images)

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