ICJ orders Uganda to pay DRC $325m

The International Court of Justice at The Hague in the Netherlands.

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The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the highest court of the UN, has ruled in the dispute between Uganda and the DRC.

It claimed $11 billion in reparations for damage caused during the Second Congo War between 1998 and 2003 during which Uganda invaded eastern DRC.

The ICJ has set the amount of reparations Kampala must pay Kinshasa at $325 million.

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With our correspondent in The Hague

,

Stéphanie Maupas

The amount set by the ICJ is therefore 325 million dollars, a sum which is divided into several tranches.

First, 225 million for personal damages, as the judges estimated that 10 to 15,000 people had died due to the occupation of

Uganda

.

Added to this are rapes, sexual violence and the enlistment of child soldiers.

There is also the payment of 40 million dollars for the property that was destroyed in the province of Ituri, this region of eastern

Congo

, which was occupied by Uganda.

And 60 million dollars corresponds to the plundering of natural resources such as gold, coltan, diamonds and the exploitation of wood.

The judges also imposed a timetable on Uganda.

They estimated that the country would have to pay 65 million dollars on September 1 of each year, until 2026. If Uganda were to refuse to discharge this debt, interest of 6% per annum would be imposed. in the country.

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