On Sunday, March 15th , 2015 members of citizens’ movements in Senegal Fadel Barro, Aliou Sane, rapper Malal Talla alias Fou Malade (members of Y EN A Marre) and in Burkina Faso Oscibi Ouedraogo (Balai Citoyen) as well as Congolese artists, representatives of some youth organizations and activists Miyangu Kiakwama, Floribert Anzuluni, Ben Kelem, Franck Otete, Sylvain Saluseke were arrested by the Congolese authorities just after a press conference held at Eloko Ya Makasi, in Masina, in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.