{"id":18971,"date":"2026-08-02T15:45:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T15:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/08\/02\/50-prisoners-escape-lobo-prison-congo-security-concerns\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T15:45:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T15:45:22","slug":"50-prisoners-escape-lobo-prison-congo-security-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/08\/02\/50-prisoners-escape-lobo-prison-congo-security-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"At Least 50 Prisoners Escape from a Prison in Congo, Raising Security Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo have announced that at least 50 inmates escaped from Lobo prison in Kasai province, an incident that has sparked serious security concerns in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Jean Tiawiok wa Tiawiok, the regional official, stated that the prisoners fled the prison on Thursday night into Friday in the south-central part of the country. He added that following the incident, &#8220;the entire prison was emptied.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The local official emphasized that the manner of the escape indicates it was premeditated, as the locks were not broken. He also suggested the possibility of security personnel being involved in the escape.<\/p>\n<p>According to Tiawiok, among the escapees are individuals considered dangerous to the public. He stated that a search operation has begun, and that three firearms were stolen during the escape.<\/p>\n<p>Local authorities have urged residents to report any sightings of the fugitives to security forces to expedite their recapture. Kasai province has faced security challenges in recent years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 50 prisoners escaped from Lobo prison in Congo&#8217;s Kasai province, raising major security concerns. Authorities have launched a search operation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}