The Sonko case has once again heightened tensions and raised fears of violence. A mass was held in Goma in eastern Congo to pay tribute to the victims of mudslides and landslides in early May.
200,000 people were displaced by flash floods after the Shabelle River burst its banks in Somalia. In the Republic of Congo the government has rejected accusations of embezzlement of funds allocated to Covid. The authorities had been implicated by a coalition report published last Friday.