Africa News of Saturday, 28 August 2021Source: africanews.comThe former Minister of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo Eteni Longondo was placed Friday under provisional arrest for alleged misappropriation of funds allocated to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, prison and government sources said. "The former Minister of Public Health, Dr. Eteni Longondo, was questioned at length by the prosecutor at the Court of Cassation and placed under provisional arrest warrant this evening. "Dr. Eteni has indeed arrived here at the Makala central prison on the basis of a provisional arrest warrant issued by the prosecutor's office. Mr. Eteni Longondo, Minister of Health from 2019 until last April, is accused of "misappropriation of public funds allocated to the response" against Covid-19, wrote on Twitter the Association for Access to Justice (ACAJ). Mr. Longondo is the first executive of the presidential party Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) to be arrested for embezzling public funds.

Source: GhanaWeb August 28, 2021 11:26 UTC