U.S IMPOSES SANCTIONS ON FORMER CONGO PRESIDENT JOSEPH KABILA. (PHOTO).

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 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...

SARAKI'S FALSE ASSET DECLARATION CASE,ADJOURNED TILL MARCH 18.

                          A tribunal considering false asset declaration charges levelled at Nigeria Senate President Bukula Saraki was adjourned yesterday friday to deal with questions over its authority.Saraki who heads the upper house of parliament,has pleaded not guilty to charges that he falsely declared his assets when he was governor of Kwara state from 2003 to 2011.The 13 charges he faces at the national Code of Conduct Tribunal, a special court that tries asset declaration misdemeanors,mostlt relate to the ownership of land held by his company Carlisle Properties Ltd during that period. Other allegations include transferring $3.4 million to an account outside Nigeria while he was governor,and sending 1.5 million pounds {$2.1 million} to a European account to cover a mortgage for a London property.The case was adjourned until March 18.More photos below.                  

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