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And. And angry scenes in malta protesters demanding the Prime Ministers immediate resignation over the murder of a journalist stop politicians from leaving parliament. Thank you for joining us police in the democratic republic of congo say 4 people were killed on monday during protests in the eastern town of benny 3 protesters and one policeman gunfire was heard as civilians marched on a Un Peacekeeping base in the area the Congolese Army has been deployed to block them from getting close the locals are protesting against what they feel is a lack of protection from the un after a recent spate of attacks by armed rebel groups at least 100 people were killed in november and the on the Democratic Forces militia has been blamed for much of the violence well the unite. Nations has been trying to stabilize the eastern democratic republic of congo for the past 20 years its mission which is known as sco has more than 18000 personnel and is the 3rd largest peacekeeping operation in the world mo