At least 66 soldiers have been sentenced to death for cowardice in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to local media.
Trials were held for 71 soldiers at a military court in Walikale in the North Kivu province.
Four were acquitted and one soldier was sentenced to 10 years in prison, while the rest were sentenced to death.
The army said the trial was intended to improve military discipline as they continue to battle armed troops in eastern DR Congo.
The region has been in conflict for decades, with the DR Congo military fighting an insurgency in the region led by the Front
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