The last four members of a Congolese delegation held hostage by an armed group with which it had come to negotiate in Ituri are free after almost two months of detention, announced Pitchout Mbodina Iribi, who represents the "Task force for peace, reconciliation and reconstruction of Ituri".
He announced the release of Thomas Lubanga and Floribert Ndjabu "but also of all the rest of the members of the delegation".
They are two Congolese army colonels, Justin and Désiré Lobho.
At least 45 people were killed in South Africa in floods and landslides caused by several days of heavy rain on the east coast which prompted the intervention of the army, according to a latest report from authorities on Tuesday.
In Guinea, in this month of Ramadan the rise in prices has been accentuated by the war in Ukraine.
The prices of rice, oil or sugar are soaring while these basic necessities are subsidized by the government.
Report by Sarah Sakho and Malick Diakité.
Editor: Célia Caracena
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