Congolese businessman and politician Moise Katumbi has returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo, following three years of self-imposed exile. Katumbi fled DRC on 20 May 2016 after criminal charges of alleged hiring of foreign mercenaries were laid against him. The 52-year-old businessman and politician was then sentenced in absentia to three years in prison. Thousands of supporters came out on Monday to welcome the returnee at the airport in Lubumbashi in DRC southern copper-mining Katanga region. Katumbi owns the team.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 21, 2019 13:30 UTC