Brussels, Belgium: The EU on Thursday (Friday in Manila) imposed sanctions on a Belgian gold trader, rebel chiefs and a senior army officer for fuelling fighting and human rights abuses in the conflict-wracked DR Congo.

The 27-nation bloc put Antwerp-born businessman Alain Goetz on the asset freeze and visa ban blacklist for profiting from gold mined in rebel-held areas of eastern DRC.

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