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  • Death sentence overturned for three Americans over DR Congo coup attempt

    04/02/2025 12:31:00 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 12 replies
    BBC ^ | 04/2/2025 | Wycliffe Muia
    Three Americans convicted for their role in a failed coup in Democratic Republic of Congo last year have had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment, the presidency has said. They were among 37 people sentenced to death last September by a military court. The three were accused of leading an attack on both the presidential palace and the home of an ally of President Félix Tshisekedi last May. The overturning of the sentences comes ahead of a visit to DR Congo by the newly appointed US senior advisor for Africa, Massad Boulos. Boulos, father-in-law to President Donald Trump's daughter,...