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Kolelas to be tried

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    Meanwhile, former prime minister Bernard Kolelas is to be tried in absentia for kidnapping, torture, assault and battery, news agencies reported last week. AFP, quoting a judicial source, said on Saturday that the charges stem from complaints filed by Brazzaville residents about the actions of Kolelas-allied militiamen during fighting in 1998/9. Kolelas, who is living in exile in the United States, last month said he recognised
    President Denis Sassou-Nguesso as the Congolese leader and called for a negotiated solution to the conflict.

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