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EU sanctions Belgian gold trader, rebel chiefs over DR Congo fighting
By Agence France-Presse
Dec 10, 2022 12:05 am

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.

A young man is wrapped in the Democratic Republic of Congo flag in Beni on Dec. 7, 2022 (December 8 in Manila) during a prayer vigil in remembrance of the victims of the ongoing unrest in the East of the country. At least 131 civilians were killed by M23 rebels on 29 and 30 November in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a preliminary UN investigation released overnight Wednesday to Thursday by the United Nations mission united in the DRC (Monusco). AFP PHOTO

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