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16:49 UK Out of Africa A group of protesters recently gathered
at Television Centre in London to protest about the coverage of
their homeland, the Democratic Republic of Congo.  Congolese
protesters Protesters outside the BBC It is a country which has
seen huge upheaval in the past decade since a rebellion led by
Laurent Kabila deposed the dictator Mobutu Sese Seko. More than
four million people died in the ensuing conflict.  Now DR Congo
is on the brink of democracy, with the second round of a
presidential election due to be held this month.  But some of
the UK's growing Congolese population feel there's not enough
reporting from their country. "Five million people have died and
the BBC never shows anything to the British people," complained
one protester outside the BBC, Laurent Mbango Bin-Kitoko.
"Today you are talking about Darfur - how many people in Darfur
compared with the Congo? T