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Former DR-CONGO president Joseph Kabila denies President Museveni accusations.

18 July, 2023
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Joseph Kabila, former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has rejected accusations from neighboring Uganda that he gave sanctuary to an Islamist rebel group and allowed it to exploit mineral resources. 


Last week the Ugandan leader, Yoweri Museveni, said Kabila had allowed the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) to set up large camps and to mine gold and sell timber. 

 

The ADF was created in the 1990s and took up arms against President Museveni, alleging persecution of Muslims. 

 

Last year a top UN court ordered Uganda to pay the Kinshasa government hundreds of millions of dollars in reparations for atrocities committed during a war in eastern DR Congo. The latest row comes a month after ADF rebels were blamed for killing more than 42 students at a school in western Uganda.

 

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