Kinshasa, September 27th, 2026 (CPA).- The Government has announced that flags will be flown at half-mast throughout the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from Monday, September 28, in tribute to two senior military magistrates and members of their delegation who died in the plane crash that occurred Friday in Kenge, according to a statement consulted Sunday.
“On the instructions of His Excellency Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, President of the Republic, Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Congolese National Police, flags will be flown at half-mast throughout the national territory as of Monday, September 28th,2026, until the burial of the distinguished deceased,” the statement said. According to the same source, the Government will also observe three days of national mourning before the burial of the distinguished deceased. The crash occurred in Kenge on the return from an official mission to Kikwit, in Kwilu province, southwestern DRC, the source said, adding that the Minister of State, Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals ordered an investigation to establish the facts, circumstances and causes of the accident, in accordance with the laws of the Republic.
Furthermore, the Government called on the population to observe a period of mourning, restraint and dignity, while recommending that people refrain from circulating images or making statements likely to undermine the dignity and honour of the deceased or increase the pain of their relatives, the statement concluded.