In the DRC, fighting between the M23 rebellion and government forces intensified on Wednesday and left at least 6 dead, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo around Sake, a city considered strategic on the road to the great city of Goma. Details from Aurélie Bazzara-Kibangula.
In Kenya, Pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, already prosecuted for "terrorism", "torture" and "cruelty" on children as well as "involuntary homicide", will also be tried for the "assassination" of 191 children linked to followers of his evangelical sect, a Kenyan court announced on Tuesday. A total of 429 bodies were found in the Shakahola forest (southeast), where he preached to fast until death to "meet Jesus" before the end of the world which he announced for August 2023. The details of Bastien Renouil in Nairobi.
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