Long-stalled DR Congo prisoner swap gains momentum
A key step in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's fragile peace process could finally be underway, as a long-delayed prisoner exchange between the government and the AFC/M23 rebel group edges closer.
Officials say the group does not include any senior rebel leaders, and none of the 15 has been sentenced to death, although other inmates on the wider exchange list remain on death row.
Fifteen men linked to the rebel movement have been transferred from prisons in Kinshasa to the eastern city of Beni, where they have been waiting for weeks ahead of the first phase of the exchange.
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