A former health minister in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Dr Eteni Longondo, has been freed after spending 17 nights in Kinshasa’s main prison.
The former minister was released on bail on Tuesday, according to his lawyer, Hugues Pulusi Eta.
He faces accusations of embezzling $6m (£3m) funds allocated for the fight against Covid pandemic while in office between 9 September 2019 and 28 April this year.
He was sent to jail on 27 August after a five-hour hearing at the prosecutor’s office.
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