🇨🇩 DR Congo Politics30 October 2026

Congolese police officer found dead in Kolwezi

By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Kivu Morning Post

Lieutenant-Colonel Dally Amisi, an officer in the Congolese National Police assigned to the Border Police, was found dead on 28 October in Mununka, Kolwezi, in Lualaba. Police have opened an investigation to establish the cause of death and determine any possible responsibility, according to a police source quoted by Kivu Morning Post.

Lieutenant-Colonel Dally Amisi, an officer in the Congolese National Police assigned to the Border Police, was found dead on Wednesday 28 October 2026 in Kolwezi, in Lualaba province. His body was discovered in the Désert cell in the Mununka neighbourhood, in the commune of Manika, according to a police source quoted anonymously by Kivu Morning Post.

According to his relatives, Dally Amisi had left home the previous day, Tuesday 27 October, at around 7pm to make a purchase and had not returned. Police have opened an investigation to establish the cause of death and determine any possible responsibility.

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