Congo could demand more than $10B in war damages

From: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) | Date: December 21, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
12-21-2005

Congo could demand more than $10B in war damages
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Date: 12-21-2005, Wednesday
Section: NEWS
Edtion: All Editions

KINSHASA, Congo - Congo once estimated it was owed $10 billion by Uganda for an invasion in the 1990s, but it said Tuesday that it is reassessing the figure now that the world court has ruled the incursion unlawful and for the first time ordered an African country to pay reparations.

Information Minister Henri Mova-Sakanyi said Tuesday that before Monday's ruling by the International Court of Justice, ...

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