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Africa News Tonight: M23 attempts to reassure Goma residents, UN warns of humanitarian crisis in DRC, Egypt 14 years after January uprising


Africa News Tonight: M23 attempts to reassure Goma residents, UN warns of humanitarian crisis in DRC, Egypt 14 years after January uprising
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Fighting continues in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, but in the parts where M23 rebels have control, they are telling residents that they are not bad people and are there to liberate them. United Nations agencies warn fierce fighting between M23 rebels and Democratic Republic of Congo troops in and around the eastern city of Goma is creating a protection crisis of huge proportions. Egyptians marked the 14th anniversary of the January Revolution of 2011 with nostalgic longing for its unfulfilled promises and lingering questions about how to rekindle the momentum for democracy and social justice short of another uprising.

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