so correspondent malcolm webb, who joins is now from berlin. go near goma, malcolm, bring us up to date. what's happening, where you are who called into the 10s of thousands of people in this camp for display thief, which is rapidly swelling on people in those areas in the hills. where am 23 is in control. the people here say that when m 23 fighters arrived, people were killed, some were raped, others were mutilated. and so the entire communities from those villages say they departed on mass to come here. i'm going to stand aside and we can take a look around the 1st time we came to this camp was a week ago, every time we've come back students and it's significantly bigger. with many more of these shelters made from plastic sheets and many people here tell similar stories of m 23 fights as attacking civilians in their communities and everyone else fleeing am 23 denies those atrocities. congos army says it's fighting one the military and it's widely understood that one to back them 23 or the and 23 denies it. and following 3 days ago, attacked by

will it get more illness from malcolm webb who joins us from gama and malcolm. it looks like there's a mass evacuation underway. right . i mean we're on the main road that connects the provincial capital. the city of go much is just down with the sound, a suck, a just saying columns is not, there is no sound aside. so we can take a look what was happening. but the flight things which, according to the people on the road, is now reached, the edge of the town of soc is self. that's cause thousands and thousands of people who live in the town on the surrounding villages to grab whatever they could that possessions and flee this way towards towards city of go mom. in the last few minutes, he's just seen trucks and trucks of congress, presidential god heading the other way toward the front line, presumably to reinforce the soldiers that who are fighting with m. 23. and i'm 33 widely understood to be backed by neighboring rwanda. it's fighters carry rwandan equipment. the company is government says it is fighting rolanda and soldiers quite simply with everyone the den

1st people visit to the country, which has a large catholic population in more than 37 years, malcolm webb has more from kinshasa. the pope was dead. he said he m a few hours ago is not far from here. he spoke to crowder about 65000 young people. he warned them against corruption and you'll say, warned them to stay away from what he could. religion is a more dr. reagan, this is a neo congo. got an election coming up at the end of the year. air and han goes past elections and even present conflict. people who are politicians, another powerful figures are involved in, in those got past polls and in a complete, ha ha, you, stephanie, to see you out is deliberately heightening contentions turn groups against each other. and this is exactly the kind of thing that po francis was telling the young people, so it should be wary of in just a short while ago, you arrived here not to dom cathedral, which is on the main boulevard in congested. this is the last event i on his program after his visit to congo on friday, right? transit is due to travel, he se on the next stop on his african savvy. as pres

discuss an escalation of fighting between the congolese army and m. 23 rebels in the past. week malcolm webb has more from a camp on the outskirts of goma. president paul could go away from rwanda has arrived. president uri mas, 70, from uganda, has arrived, other ethos, east african leaders already there. felix to security, the president of congo, is on his way and it says to security guard. mm hm. a 70 were considered to be the key players in this conflict. m. 23 is widely understood to be backed by neighboring rwanda. uganda's been accused of backing them to, although both countries deny it. previous sir, talks in international agreements including a, an agreement made in luanda last year, didn't hold up a since those previous rounds of dialogue or m. 23 has continued its advance people in trying to has capital a protesting against the cost of a parade marking independence day. $550000.00 of public funds is being used for the military event in colombo. shanker is in the middle of the worst economic crisis in its history. a jury in the u. s. has fantastic billionaire ilan must did not defr

and if, when m 23 will attack again. malcolm webb al jazeera blanco democratic republic of congo, hostile ask as president so or on the poser has used his annual state of the nation speech to declare a state of national disaster in an attempt to deal with chronic electricity shortages. oh, only those you can see members of the opposition party, the economic freedom fighters disrupt to the session before then being escorted out by security. pressure has been mounting around a poser to provide a solution as south africans face hours of daily outages. now the composite bat bacharach has dies at the age of $94.00. at his home in los angeles, his career spend more than 7 decades and gave the wild of music a lost tribe of memorable songs. terrifying the mid 20th century era from reynolds reports. ah, i the influence of burt bacharach on popular music is almost impossible to measure. together with long time song writing partner hal david, he wrote dozens and dozens of hits for scores of performers in the 19 sixties and seventies. ah, they distilled a kind of sexy, sophisticated cocktail party vi

let's get more on this from malcolm webb who joins us from goma. and can you tell us a little bit more about this security concerns that have that a vast up this trip a convoy of un peacekeepers on tuesday evening was passing through the can you regina, come for this place people. it was stopped by an angry crowd. who eventually ended up setting fire, to the convoy peacekeepers fight in the air. will they be un says they fight in the air. to disperse that crowd. we know that 2 people, residents of the camp of died, the reports that others have also been injured. now right now we and another come that comes to the north of the city government. we're to come to the west and i'm going to stand aside who can take a look around. this is now home for thousands of people who've arrived all in the mostly in the last few days. this camp is at least doubled in size since we 1st came here a few days ago that fleeing from recent advances by m. 23. been fighting with government forces just a few kilometers here, close to the town of soccer, and $23.00 widely un

thousands of young people at the stadium where he told them to shun ethnic rivalries and corruption. malcolm webb has more on the pope's visit from the congolese capital kinshasa. pope francis spoke to about 60000 young people in stadium in kinshasa is the 1st time a pope has come to democratic republic of congo. mean 40 years, said the fallen, the ring of congos minerals is fueling conflict and must stop. to get to deploy. like when i deployed the war continues in d. c. in east of the country, you see what happens in ukraine. it all the international community mobilizes that what happens in d. c is much worse. the roman catholic church is one of the most powerful institutions in congress. millions of people depend on it for health care and education. people are trying to get into the stadium to see the pope contests as many 3 trade as a setting drink some food flags. and i know everybody here is happy with the pipes. these activists say pope frances has failed to stop sexual violence by clergy. benjamin cocoa says he was repeatedly raped by a belgian priest for years when he was a boy in a remot

a pontiff spoke at stadium is the 1st paper visit to the country and more than 37 years. malcolm webb has more now, from contrast, with i studied stadium a few hours. if you're a guy who is not far from me, i respect to crowder about 65000 young people. he warned them against corruption and you'll say, warned them to stay away from what he called religion is a more dr. and again, this is india. conger has gotten election coming up at the end of the year. and my home goes past elections and even present contract people. i politicians, another awful figures are involved in those pos, paul's a deliberately heightened intention to turn groups against each other. and this is exactly a kind of thing that i was telling the young people, so it should be wary of. and just to show a lot of got the right here, not for the job which is on the main boulevard in congested. this is the last event on his program after it visit to congo on friday, i had to travel to south the dawn for the next stop on is africa was malcolm mentioned the pope will fly to south to dawn herring. natasha is in juba to tak

seized large areas of north keeble province since october, threatening the provincial capital gama. malcolm webb has more from delingo, a refugee camp just outside gama. thousands of people have arrived in this camp in the last few days. many of them have fled from villages. the m 23 is advancing toward the has taken others have been on the run for 6 weeks or more. having already been displaced once they keep moving each time and $23.00 gets close to them and $23.00 is widely understood to be backed by neighboring rwanda. rwanda denies it. meanwhile, congos army is widely reported to have been fighting along signed on groups. congos army denies that to the conditions here. a bad people have made shelters from whatever they can, whatever they could carry on. things they found here, rocks sticks and grass, and people who say that they're hungry, that there isn't food to eat. and they're still waiting to get humanitarian assistance. more than 40 people had been killed in northern nigeria is kept seen. a state after gunmen attacked a village install sheep and cattle. it's the latest violence ahead o

on wednesday, malcolm webb has more. i said, he stadium a few hours if a guy is not far from here. he spoke to crowder about 65000 young people, he warned them against corruption, and he'll say, warned them to stay away from what he couldn't. religion is a more private even. this is a neo congo. he's got an election coming up at the end of the year at and my son goes past elections and even present conflict. people who politicians, another baffled figures are involved in, in those got past polls and in a complex. huh. you, stephanie, this is deliberately heightening contentions turn groups against each other. and this is exactly the kind of thing that preferences was telling the young people, so it should be wary of in just a short while ago, you arrived here not to dom cathedral, which is on the main boulevard and congested. this is the loss of an eye on his program after it visit the congo on friday. right? fancy is due to travel to south the dawn for the next stop on his african anti government protest in peru have affected all sectors of the economy, causing severe losses. terr

by the violence or angry at a perceived lack of action by the un force there to protect them. malcolm webb has more from eastern democratic republic of congo, way on the main road that connects the provincial capital. the city of goma is just down there with added sound a socket. it is 10 kilometers is not there ex and i'll stand aside so we can take a look at what's happening. but the flight thing, which, according to the people on the road, is now reached the edge of the town, a stock itself that caused thousands and thousands of people who live in the town on the surrounding villages to grab whatever they could their possessions and flee . this way towards a, towards the city of government at his annual sight of the nation, speech, south african president, so raw, oppose, a has declared a state of national disaster. that's an attempt to do with chronic electricity shortages, for the event was marred by violence or protests on a physician. politicians calling for his resignation, deteriorated into scuffles, and saw the parliament building before rum, oppose. it was finally able to take t

from either sub about, malcolm webb has more on the events of day. one of the summit, israel delegation was escorted from the meeting room by security. israel's been seeking, observe a status here with the african union for about 20 years. the member states is still divided on whether or not it should be granted south africa in particular objects. many people in south africa like an israel occupation of palestine white minority rule under apartheid. molly guinea and the keena faster will be lobbying to be allowed back into the african union pool. 3 countries with suspended following military coups in the last 3 years. waiting to find out what the african unions curious account will decide. president told me ever wonder president felix just the kitty of democratic republic of congo met together with president jo, lorenzo of i'm going to discuss the escalating conflict in eastern congo con, goes on forces. say that fighting rwandan soldiers under the guise of the n $23.00 on group, widely understood to be a proxy over wonder or they ran the denies it.

pushed and $33.00 about 10 kilometers up into the hill in that direction. malcolm, thank you very much. indeed. as morgan webb, in sucking pakistan has agreed to the conditions laid down by the international monetary fund to valleys. $1100000000.00 and funding that's according to the countries finance minister and following 10 days of talks aimed at releasing the funds. shocked are also says the pad has been delayed because of routine procedures that stalled the process. in december. i m f, funding, critical to pakistan, struggling economy afloat was just getting in july got willing, we will try to complete the i m f program for the 2nd time in pakistan's history with the same spirit problems we have completed this process. keeping in view, the sovereign commitment eval montgomery, and you can go in government has released nearly all its political prisoners, put in a plane to the united states. they could go in judiciary says they were quote, traitors who were being deported. sure how the towns he has more friends and family of the release prisoners gathered washington's dulles airport to greet them. they and