Democratic Republic of Congo - Two soldiers sentenced to death just 12 days after cameraman's murder

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Two Congolese army soldiers, Sgt. Paluku Selemani Ngewese and 2nd Lt. Songa Safari, were sentenced to death by a military court in Béni, in the eastern province of Nord-Kivu, on 17 April for the fatal shooting of cameraman Patient Chebeya Bankome just 12 days earlier. A third defendant, Capt. Bisimwa, was sentenced to five years in prison for “disobeying orders.” “This murder investigation was completed in an extremely short period of time,” Reporters Without Borders. “For such a serious (...)

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