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Conflict● Elevated25m ago · Nov 10, 2026, 9:23 AM

DR Congo sentences 66 soldiers to death for fleeing rebel fighting

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Africanews [en] · Sub-Saharan Africa

A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced 66 soldiers to death for offences including desertion, mutiny and disobeying orders during fighting with rebels in the country's east, according to local media.

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