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Four police officers have been arrested in Kenya after detectives raided a house where 37 Ethiopians were being held, about 16km (nine miles) from the capital, Nairobi.
The Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic The officers are suspected of aiding a human smuggling and trafficking operation.
of Congo Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde has resigned, he The Ethiopians told Kenyan authorities that they were en route to South Africa in search of better lives, privately-owned The Star newspaper reported.
announced in a video shared on the presidency's social media platforms late A search is under way for the owner of the house and other members of the smuggling ring.
on Tuesday. Kenya is a common transit route for Ethiopian migrants attempting to illegally enter South Africa, according to the UN migration agency IOM.
President Felix Tshisekedi accepted Mr Lukonde's resignation, the Reuters news agency reported, citing a statement from the president's office. The agency says that the migrants, who are mostly men from Ethiopia's Oromia and SNNP regions, enter Kenya through the Moyale border point, before proceeding to Tanzania and eventually South Africa.
The statement added that President Tshisekedi had asked Mr Lukonde's government to continue with its duties until a new government is established.
In the DR Congo, the government is headed by the prime minister.
Mr Lukonde will now take up legislative duties, after he was voted to parliament in DR Congo's general elections last December.
Mr Lukonde had been appointed prime minister in 2021, succeeding ex-PM Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba, who resigned after legislators passed a vote of no confidence against him and his government.
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