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Mourners gathered in silence around the Oicha morgue, near the Ugandan border and east of the DRC town of Beni

The current investigations are a follow-up to Operation Mamba — an anti-corruption campaign launched in 2017 by President Ali Bongo

Between 10 and 21 civilians were killed in two attacks by a notorious ADF militia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where government forces have vowed…

Nicknamed “Tchize”, Welwitschia was elected to parliament in 2008 and joined the central committee of the ruling MPLA in 2016

The video that went viral on social networks in early July 2018 showed men in military uniform summarily executing two women and two kids

Bongo said he was “fiercely determined” to push ahead with a campaign against graft

Kamto, 65, was arrested in late January after months of peaceful opposition protests over the results of the October 2018 election

He made the announcement at a national “dialogue,” launched by Biya, on resolving a crisis that has left thousands dead

The campaign aims to vaccinate around 825,000 children in 24 regions, over a period of nine days, the body said.

If traders close their store, they risk being punished by the authorities. But if they keep it open, they face the wrath of separatists