Death penalty for 50 over Congo UN murders

A UN peacekeeper in the Democratic Republic of Congo (file image)
The UN has presence in the nation due to clashes between the Congolese army and militia fighters. -AP

About 50 people have been sentenced to death, many in absentia, in the Democratic Republic of Congo over the murders of UN experts Zaida Catalan and Michael Sharp in 2017, a defence lawyer says.

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