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UN Chief Calls for Peaceful Election in DRC

29/12/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, UN Chief Calls for Peaceful Election in DRC

Delayed election due to take place on Sunday

Delayed election due to take place on Sunday.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for the Democratic Republic of Congo vote to pass peacefully.

Also in the programme: Anti-government protests continue in Sudan; and the Bitcoin trade in Siberia.

(Image: Independent National Election Commission workers load a truck with voting materials in Bukavu, DRC, on 28th December 2018. Credit: Fredrik Lerneryd /AFP)

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