Three senior DRCongo officers arrested: prosecutors

Bunia, Dr Congo (AFP) June 23, 2021

Three senior military officers have been arrested in the northeastern DR Congo province of Ituri, suspected of having falsely inflated troop numbers, military prosecutors said Wednesday. The arrests come in a province that has been under military control since May 6 because of repeated attacks by an array of militia groups. "We have arrested three senior officers suspected of inflating