Angola Expulsions Invigorate Congolese Crises

Kinshasa, DRC — A MASS deportation of Congolese nationals from Angola, apparently to ease the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in prisons, among other reasons for expulsion, is fuelling a humanitarian catastrophe in Southern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Neighbouring Angola has in recent years deported thousands of nationals from the troubled neighbouring country, including 19 000 that have been expelled this year.

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