DR Congo's justice minister resigned Saturday, two weeks after he was briefly detained against a background of political crisis in the country.

Celestin Tunda Ya Kasende sent his resignation to Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba following "a personal examination of the situation," he said in a video message released to media.

He was the first minister to resign from a fragile coalition government that includes allies of President Felix Tshisekedi and his predecessor, Joseph Kabila.

It took eight months of talks before the government was finally presented in late August, 2019.

AFP