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EU sanctions Belgian trader, M23 rebel, others over DRC fighting

Armed conflict has upended tens of thousands of lives in the DRC [File: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters]

The European Union has imposed sanctions on a Belgian gold trader, rebel chiefs and Congolese army and political figures for fuelling fighting and human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

On Thursday, the EU said it added eight people to its list of sanctions over violence in the conflict-wracked eastern region. It also extended existing sanctions against nine others.

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