Senior DR Congo soldiers sentenced to die for selling arms to militia

Bunia, Dr Congo (AFP) May 27, 2022

A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday sentenced to death eight soldiers, including a colonel and two majors, as well as three civilians for selling arms to a violent militia. The trial opened in conflict-torn Ituri province last month with the group facing charges of supplying rifles and ammunition to the notorious CODECO group, which has been blamed for a slew of e