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400 convicts freed in Lubumbashi

[Belgium] EU Headquarters (EU Commission) in Brussels. Olivier Nyirubugara/IRIN
Le siège des institutions européennes à Bruxelles en Belgique
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    State television also reported that 400 jailed soldiers and policemen were set free in Lubumbashi on Tuesday, following a presidential pardon. The governor of Katanga, Augustin Kutumba Mwanke, called on the freed convicts to "observe discipline and serve the nation with devotion to the ultimate sacrifice". Associated Press quoted a military officer as saying the ex-convicts had been jailed for crimes such as theft or indiscipline.

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