U.S IMPOSES SANCTIONS ON FORMER CONGO PRESIDENT JOSEPH KABILA. (PHOTO).
U.S imposes sanctions on former Congo President Joseph Kabila The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on former Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila for his support of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels and for fueling political instability in Congo's troubled east. The U.S. Treasury Department said M23 and its political-military arm, the Congo River Alliance (AFC), had been stoking violent conflict in eastern DRC, resulting in the deaths of thousands of civilians and a mass displacement crisis. Treasury said Kabila had provided financial support to the AFC in order to influence the political situation in eastern DRC, while encouraging DRC troops to defect and join AFC forces. It said Kabila was working to regain influence over the government by backing a candidate opposed to the current leader. DRC Deputy Prime Minister Jacquemain Shabani welcomed what he called a long-delayed U.S. move against Kabila. "He is the instigator, the initiator, the architect of...
In 1903,a prisoner named Will West arrived at Leavenworth,the record clerk took the photographs above and thinking he remembered West,asked whether he had been there before?,West said no.The clerk took some measurements,went to the file and produced record,bearing the name William West.Amazed,the prisoner said,''That's my picture,but i don't know where you got it,for i don't know where you got it,for i know i have never been hear before''.Incredibly,this was true.A different William West had been serving a life sentence at Leavenworth since 1901,and the new prisoner had the same name,face and measurement.The case became a strong argument in favour of finger printing.
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