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RDC/UGANDA: Kinshasa claims 23 billion dollars of compensation
The ICJ had given reason to the RDC, litigant, by considering that Uganda was responsible in particular, between August, 1998 and June, 2003, for “the occupation of Ituri (northeast of DRC), of violation of the international laws on human rights, of illegal usage of the its armed forces, and illegal exploitation of natural resources of the DRC”.
Uganda was condemned to pay compensations. The amount would be determined later on. The RDC demanded then between 6 and 10 billion dollars, which the Court had considered “appropriate”.
But Congolese Minister of Justice, Emmanuel-Janvier Luzolo Bambi, revealed on Saturday that Kinshasa had revised its requirements upwards, fixing them henceforth to 23 billion dollars.
Experts from international consulting firms helped the DRC to estimate this amount. We are still in the diplomatic phase, and negotiations continue to obtain from Uganda the 23 billion U.S dollars. “In case Uganda persists in not paying for the damages done, we are going to refer to the ICJ”. The Congolese Minister of Justice had stated.