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French court finds in favour of Traweco in dispute with Kinshasa

The ruling opens the way to enforcing a judgement originally handed down by a Kinshasa court in 2009 ordering the DRC authorities to pay the Congolese-registered company $3.5m. [...]

Published on 24/12/2024 at 05:40 GMT

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