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The Lebanese arms broker embarrassing Tshisekedi

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DRC President Félix Tshisekedi in Lobito, Angola, 4 December 2024.
DRC President Félix Tshisekedi in Lobito, Angola, 4 December 2024. © Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters

Arms broker and Prince Invest Group boss Dani al-Achkar, who was arrested in April, is still barred from leaving the Democratic Republic of Congo. He has been ordered to reimburse money paid to him in a €31.5m contract. His lawyers are denouncing what they call a "matter of state".

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