DR Congo soldiers on trial for selling arms to militia groups
Soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) sit in a truck bed in a base in Djugu, eastern DR Congo. PHOTO | JOHN WESSELS | AFP
Sixteen people, including nine soldiers, went on trial in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday accused of selling weapons to a militia group in the country's restive northeast.
Army weapons are suspected of having fallen into the hands of a notorious group called CODECO, blamed for ethnic massacres in the northeastern province of Ituri.
