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Democratic Republic of Congo

January 2012 | Risk Summary

The UN has claimed that former rebels were promoted to senior positions in the Congolese army in return for supporting President Joseph Kabila's re-election effort in November 2011. The international organisation highlighted the case of Bosco Ntaganda, a former rebel who is now a general in the national army and wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes. The UN claimed he used troops to pressure local populations into voting for Kabila in return for posts for his men in the

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