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US sanctions Kabila over eastern Congo conflict

Former Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila.

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By  Reuters

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Thomson Reuters

The United States imposed sanctions on former Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila, according to the Treasury Department website.

Kinshasa has long accused the former president of assisting the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in Congo’s troubled east.

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