Hundreds have protested in front of Congo’s top court to demand the release of political prisoners, including the country’s three most prominent opposition figures imprisoned on charges the opposition says are politically motivated.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) released 1685 mostly ill inmates from the country's largest prison on Sunday amid ongoing efforts to reduce overcrowding at the facility. The release from

Nearly 1,700 ill inmates were released Monday from Congo’s largest prison, the minister of justice said, as part of an effort to thin out the country's overcrowded prisons. The operation took place at Makala Central Prison in the capital Kinshasa on Monday afternoon.