Author: Richard Gonzales / Source: NPR.org
The new president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, signed a decree Wednesday pardoning about 700 political prisoners and fulfilling a promise he made in his inaugural address in January.
The conciliatory gesture frees political opponents imprisoned by Tshisekedi’s predecessor, Joseph Kabila, who had governed the central African nation for 18 years.
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