Al Jazeera English published this video item, entitled “Armed attackers free hundreds of inmates in DRC prison attack” – below is their description.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, at least 800 inmates have escaped during an attack on a jail.
At least two police officers were killed in the prison break.
The armed group that carried out the raid is believed to have been trying to rescue some of its former members, and recruit new ones.
Al Jazeera’s Leah Harding reports.
Al Jazeera English YouTube Channel
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In This Story: Democratic Republic of Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DROC, or simply either Congo or the Congo, and historically Zaire, is a country in Central Africa. The capital is Kinshasa.
With a population of over 101 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most-populous officially Francophone country in the world.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is extremely rich in natural resources but has suffered from political instability. As of 2018, around 600,000 Congolese have fled to neighbouring countries from conflicts in the centre and east of the DRC. Two million children risk starvation, and the fighting has displaced 4.5 million people.