UN court orders Uganda to pay DR Congo €285 million in war damages modernghana.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from modernghana.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The UN's top court has ordered Uganda to pay the Democratic Republic of Congo 285 million euros over a war two decades ago. The sum represents just a fraction of what Kinshasa originally demanded.
"Some of us still have the shrapnel in our bodies. Some also need prostheses. Compensation money will help us a lot. That would allow us to put our kids through school, to look after our mothers who lost everything, and to comfort some who were paralysed." Eulalie Likoko, survivor of Congo conflict