Tag: DR CONGO
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A Qatari official has announced that a draft agreement to end fighting between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the M23 rebel group has been shared with both sides. While the original August 18 deadline for a peace deal was not met, both parties have responded positively and remain willing to continue negotiations. The…
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Former justice minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Constant Mutamba, risks a 10-year prison sentence if convicted of embezzlement. He is accused of attempting to misappropriate nearly $20 million allocated for constructing a prison in Kisangani. In closing arguments on Wednesday, the prosecutor called for ten years of hard labor and a decade-long ban…
