President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Felix Tshasecki placed death sentences Three Americans are doomed On charges of participating in a coup in Kinshasa capital last year, an official said on Wednesday. The presidential order was rebooted their death sentences Prior to life imprisonment, President Congolese Salam's press secretary stated that more than six months after the military court sentenced three and more than 30 others to death for a failed coup.
The pardon came amid the efforts of the Congolese authorities to sign minerals from the US in exchange for security support that will help Kinshas fight rebels supported by Rwanda, Rwanda in Rwanda The eastern region that has affected the conflict.
Six people were killed during last year's coup attempted led by a little -known opposition figure Christian Malanga, which is directed at the Kinshasa presidential palace, as well as a close ally of Tshasecki. Malanga was deadly shot dead, resisting his arrest shortly after the live on his social media, said the Congolese army.
Malanga, who declared himself the “president of the new Zaire”, was a rich businessman and a former captain in the Congolese army. He competed in the 2011 elections, but was arrested and detained for weeks.
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The 21-year-old son of Malanga Marseille Malanga, who is a US citizen, was among the Americans convicted of participation in the state coup. Other Tamler Tompson Jr., 21, a friend of the high school junior Malanga, who flew to Africa for the fact that his family considered a free vacation, and Benjamin Rubin Zalman-Polun, 36, who was reportedly known by Christian Malanga through a gold campaign.
Marseille Malanga told the court that his father had forced him and Tompson to take part in the attack.
“Dad threatened to kill us if we did not obey his orders,” he said earlier during the hearings.
Most of the accused were Congolese, but also included British, Belgian and Canadian. Their allegations included an attempt at a coup, terrorism and a criminal association. Fourteen people were justified in court.
Meanwhile, the US State Department announced that the new senior adviser to President Trump Masad Boulos, will go to Congo and three other African countries – Rwanda, Kenya and Uganda from 3 April.
Boulos will promote efforts on sustainable peace in the Eastern Congo and promote investments in the US private sector in the region, the State Department said.
A United Nations in January voiced anxiety With confused violence in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, when an armed M23 group pushed deeper into the country, warning of summary shootings and broad rape. On April 9, the rebels will hold their first direct negotiations with the Congress government.