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Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo are to set up a joint investigation into a gold smuggling network operating in the region. With more, here's Will Ross.
Officials from the Democratic Republic of Congo want to break up a gold smuggling network, and they see Kenya as a major hub. The recent discovery in Nairobi of two and a half tonnes of gold, worth around $100m, led to an investigation by Kenya's revenue authority. But over the weekend, the man heading the probe was shot dead outside his home. The Congolese and Kenyan presidents have now agreed to form a joint team to
crack down
on illegal gold smuggling, but past form shows that it's extremely hard to
clean up
the Congolese mineral trade.
The United Nations Security Council has said it's seriously concerned about violence in Ivory Coast. On Thursday, troops loyal to Laurent Gbagbo, who has refused to leave office after a disputed presidential election, shot and killed six women marching in the main city. Barbara Plett reports.
The Security Council expressed deep concern about the escalation of violence and the risk of a return to civil war in Ivory Coast.
It urged UN peacekeepers to use all necessary means to protect civilians,
alarm
ed in particular by news that troops loyal to Laurent Gbagbo had opened fire with heavy machine guns on women protesters supporting his rival, the recognised winner of recent presidential elections Alassane Ouattara.