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Like Kabila and dos Santos, Kenyan looters can run but cannot hide

A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday sentenced ex-President Joseph Kabila to death in absentia for "treason." [AFP]

In Kinshasa, a courtroom fell silent last Tuesday as former Congolese president Joseph Kabila was sentenced to death for embezzlement and money laundering.

The judgment, based on court papers detailing how billions vanished through shell companies and family networks that fed off State coffers, sent shockwaves far and beyond the borders of the  Democratic Republic of Congo.

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