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Former DRC health minister released on bail

A former health minister in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Dr Eteni Longondo, has been freed after spending 17 nights in Kinshasa’s main prison. The former minister was released on bail on Tuesday, according to his lawyer, Hugues Pulusi Eta.…

Zambia new president sacks military and police chiefs

Zambia's newly-elected President Hakainde Hichilema on yesterday appointed new military chiefs and replaced all police commissioners after promising to end the previous regime's heavy-handedness. Right groups accused former president Edgar Lungu of leading a "brutal crackdown" on dissent, with police…

Bubonic plague resurges in the DRC: UNICEF

The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, warned on Tuesday that a resurgence of Bubonic plague in Ituri province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is putting young lives at risk. A new research supported by the agency revealed…

At least 18 dead in clashes in eastern DRC

At least 18 people including 9 civilians, one soldier and 8 rebels, were killed during fighting between the army and rebels known as the Allied Democratic Forces ADF. Officials said the fight occurred on Thursday and Friday in Katanda and…