[CPJ] Kinshasa -- A judge at the High Court in Mbandaka, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's western Équateur province, on Tuesday acquitted and released journalist Chilassy Bofumbo, who had been jailed since he covered a November 2021 protest, according to the journalist, who spoke to CPJ by messaging app and tweeted his release. Two other journalists -- Patrick Lola and Christian Bofaya -- remain jailed in the central prison of Mbandaka, the capital of Équateur province, according to their
