In DR Confo, confusion reigns in Lubumbashi after the incursion of several hundred Mai Mai militiamen this weekend in this city in the south of the DRC.

The local authorities point the finger at a secessionist group, the Bakata-Katanga, and put forward a death toll of about twenty.

But many questions remain unanswered.

The details of our correspondent in the newspaper.

Also on the program, this Monday marks the world day for the right to abortion.

Access to abortion remains complicated on the African continent, and in particular in the DRC.

Congolese law is vague and sometimes even contradictory.

The lack of infrastructure forces many women to have an abortion clandestinely, often at the risk of their life.

Report in this edition.

Finally we will meet the sand diggers of the Sanaga River in Cameroon.

These young men, provided with a simple bucket, dive into the depths to extract the sand and sell it.

An extremely dangerous practice which has already cost the lives of dozens of them.

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