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Congo-Brazzaville’s repressive government buys secret weapons haul from Azerbaijan

For several years, the Republic of the Congo has been quietly buying an arsenal from Azerbaijan, with the latest cache arriving before next month’s election

  • Khadija Sharife
  • The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
  • Mark Anderson
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