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EU sanctions nine people over Congo violence

M23 rebel leader Bisimwa Bertrand

M23 rebel leader Bisimwa Bertrand speaks to the media in Bunagana August 2, 2013. 

Photo credit: File | Reuters

EU countries on Monday sanctioned nine individuals in connection with violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a publication in the official EU Journal showed.

Among those on the list are commanders of the Rwanda Defence Force, the leader of the M23 rebel group, Bertrand Bisimwa, and Col John Musanga Bahati, the governor of North Kivu.