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The Democratic Republic of Congo will free five opposition activists in the next few days, the country’s justice minister said.
This move by the government is thought to be in an attempt to appease the opposition in order to ease negotiations over an election timetable after the presidential vote was delayed.
Opponents have accused President Joseph Kabila of deliberately delaying the election in order to stay in power beyond the end of his constitutional mandate in December.
Only four of the 24 prisoners named last week turned out to still be in jail, and several prominent political figures were not on the list of names.
Justice Minister Alexis Thambwe said on Friday that he expected those four to be released at the weekend.
