Smuggled Gold Rumors Prompt Congolese, Kenyan Investigation
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The presidents of Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo have ordered an investigation into rumors that 2.5 metric tons of gold was smuggled from Congo into Nairobi, the Kenyan capital.
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki agreed to allow a team of Congolese experts to stay in his country to investigate claims that a shipment of Congolese gold had arrived in the East African nation illegally, Congolese Mines Minister Martin Kabwelulu said in an interview today in the capital, Kinshasa.