DRC president’s top aide gets 20-year jail term for corruption

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A high-profile politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been sentenced to 20 years in prison with hard labour, for corruption.
Vital Kamerhe was found guilty of embezzling $48.8m from a public housing fund.

Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Adow reports from Nairobi, Kenya.

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