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Two more foreigners detained secretly by the ANR

Africa Intelligence revealed at the start of last week that a Lebanese businessman had been held for more than month by the Congolese intelligence services. It now turns out that two other people, who were with him, are also being held. [...]

Published on 28.02.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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