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In tonight's edition: DR Congo vows to find the killers of the Italian ambassador, his bodyguard and a driver. The trio were killed not far from Goma on Monday after their convoy was ambushed. It is still unclear who is behind the attack. Feelings are still running high in Algeria as thousands march to mark two years since the Hirak rallies that ousted former leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika from power. And Kenyans give two wheels a spin as more people get on their bikes in Nairobi to avoid the coronavirus risks of travelling on public transport.
Italy's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo was killed on Monday when a UN convoy came under attack in the troubled east, DRC sources and the government in Rome said. Luca Attanasio died of his wounds after a World Food Programme (WFP) convoy came under fire near Goma while he was on a field trip to the region, a senior diplomatic source said in Kinshasa. FRANCE 24's Clément Bonnerot tells us more.
Images of the Italian embassy in Kinshasa after Italy's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo was killed when a UN convoy came under attack in the country's troubled east. IMAGES
Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Feb 22 (EFE-EPA), (Camera: EFE).- Italy’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo was killed Monday following an armed attack on a United Nations convoy he was traveling with in the country’s restive east. Italy’s foreign ministry confirmed the death of Ambassador Luca Attanasio and an Italian security guard as a result of the attack near the city of Goma.Both victims were traveling with the UN’s DRC mission, MONUSCO, according to the ministry.FOOTAGE IN THE NATIONAL PARK IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
The Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and an Italian carabineri police officer were killed on Monday while traveling in the DRC in a UN convoy, the Foreign Ministry said.
Images show the outside of a United Nations peacekeeping base and a hospital where the body of the Italian ambassador was taken after he was killed in an attack. On a field visit with the World Food Programme (WFP) north of Goma, the ambassador and his convoy were targeted by unidentified armed men. IMAGES
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