00:01In a legal suit before a court in Washington, Joseph Kabila, who led Congo from 2001 to 2019,
00:09wants his name removed from a U.S. Treasury blacklist.
00:13He argues that his sanctioning by the Office of Foreign Assets Control in April
00:18was based on unsubstantiated allegations.
00:22Washington accuses Kabila of financing and offering political support
00:27to Rwanda-backed M-23 rebels who seized two Congolese provinces last year.
00:33Kabila counters that no transfer of funds or political incentive to the rebels
00:38is specified by the U.S. government.
00:41After living in self-imposed exile for years, Kabila emerged in Goma last year,
00:48only months after the city fell to the rebels.
00:51A Congolese military court has sentenced Kabila to death in absentia for treason
00:57and other charges over his role with the rebel group.
01:00Even after getting Kinshasa and Kigali to agree a deal last year,
01:05violence has persisted in eastern Congo, with both sides accusing each other of violations.
01:11Proteged him.
01:12Proteged him.
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