A Democratic Republic of Congo politician Jean-Marc Kabund, a former close associate of President Félix Tshisekedi, has been sentenced to 84 months of penal servitude, the equivalent of seven years in jail, just three months to the country's scheduled General Election.
The Court of Cassation in Kinshasa handed down the penalty on Wednesday in what his lawyers said on Thursday was a surprise to the former pillar of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS), Tshisekedi's party, of which Kabund was interim chairperson.
