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Amnesty – 2005

The amnesty provision of the accord had been implemented. Former Prime Minister Bernard Kolelas, who was not granted amnesty and was in exile, returned to the Republic of Congo for the burial of his wife. President Denis Sassou-Nguesso allowed his return on humanitarian grounds. The government considered granting him amnesty, which he did, in fact, receive in November 2005.¹

1. “Former Republic of Congo militia leader returns home to bury wife,” Associated Press, October 14, 2005; “Republic of Congo profile,” BBC News, accessed February 23, 2012, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14121195.