The Democratic Republic of Congo has said it will deport activists from Senegal and Burkina Faso, BBC reports.
Those facing expulsion are members of well-known civil society groups which took part in popular uprisings in their countries but the Congolese government says they were suspected of posing a threat to state security.
The detained activists have been accused of plotting an insurgency with US backing, an allegation Washington has denied.
The 3 Senegalese activists were part of Y'en a marre (We've had enough), which organised protests to stop then-Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade from extending his 12-year term in 2012 while the Burkinabe was part of Citoyen Balaye (Citizen Broom) which helped mobilise people who overthrew Burkina Faso's long-serving ruler Blaise Compaore last year.
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With the presidential elections due in the country next year, concern about stability in resource-rich DR Congo has been mounting.