| 5,986,421 |
-6.15 |
23.6 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Care workers of the MIBA hospitals in Dipumba and Bonzola engaged in a strike to demand their wages for the past three months. They also staged a sit-in. |
| 5,986,425 |
-4.325 |
15.32222 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Opposition parties held a rally in front of the Martyrs Stadium in Kinshasa. During the rally, they called for more independence for the Constitutional Court and for political change. The rally also disrupted traffic in the area. |
| 5,986,430 |
-11.65955 |
27.47411 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
2 sons of Pierre Lumbi, chairman of the MR party, a member of the G7 opposition coalition, were arrested in Lubumbashi on what Pierre Lumbi says are unfounded charges. |
| 5,986,433 |
-1.83333 |
16.85 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Employees of the General Directorate of Revenue of Mongala (DGREM) protested against the non-payment of their salaries, alongside members of the area's civil society. |
| 5,986,436 |
-1.1869 |
29.44613 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Traders went on strike to denounce "the 'pressure' they suffer from the Directorate General of Taxes (DGI) for the collection of taxes... for the year 2016). |
| 5,986,439 |
-11.65955 |
27.47411 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
The HQ of UNADEF, a member of the G7 opposition coalition, in Lubumbashi was set on fire by a small group unidentified assailants. UNADEF activists blamed the police, but this could not be verified. |
| 5,986,443 |
0.5 |
28.38333 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
3 people were killed and 3 others injured during an attack by Nyatura fighters on a FARDC position in Mulamba in North Kivu. |
| 5,986,449 |
-2.5 |
28.8667 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Two groups of MR activists, supporters of the party's president and those in opposition, clashed over control of the MR's HQ in Bukavu. Police arrived an arrested 2 members of the opposition MR activists, including "the president of the Youth League of the opposition camp". |
| 5,986,453 |
29.07441 |
31.09785 |
Egypt |
|
On 24 January 2016, the Ministry of Interior declared having executed a 32-year-old man during a police operation in Beni Suef. The victim had however been arrested at work on 10 January 2016 and was missing since. When his relatives were authorised to see his corpse, it bore evident marks of torture which made them believe that the authorities tried to cover-up the real circumstances of his death. Their claim was asserted by the authorities' refusal to share the autopsy records and that no effective investigation was launched into his death to date. |
| 5,986,458 |
29.95072 |
31.27738 |
Egypt |
|
According to the civil society organisation Freedom for the Brave, police officers assaulted detainees, who were arrested duringprotestson 15 April, in Tora prison and forced them to undress and remain naked. The officers also cut the electricity to prisoners' cells and only gave them one blanket. |
