Uganda has paid $65 million in the first instalment of a total $325 million it was ordered to pay neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo as compensation for losses caused by wars in the 1990s when Ugandan troops occupied Congolese territory.
In a case first brought against Uganda in 1999, Congo asked the International Court of Justice to compel Uganda to pay it $11 billion as reparations for the deaths, looting and general economic damage caused by Uganda’s military occupation of parts of Congo in 1990s.
Congo’s government spokesman Patrick Muyaya confirmed that the first of five instalments had been received. The court, which deals with disputes between states and whose rulings are final and without appeal, ordered the two parties to negotiate reparations. In 2015 however, Congo told the court that the talks had stalled.
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