Africa Business Radio

The Constitutional Court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has declared itself unfit to prosecute former Prime Minister Augustin Matata and two other men accused of embezzling $205m from a farming project. The court says that it could only try current and not former prime ministers. The prosecutor had accused Mr Matata of being intellectually responsible for misappropriating funds from the planned Bukanga Lonzo agro-industrial park. Mr Matata denies wrongdoing, Reuters news agency reports. The ruling means Mr Matata can now hope to return to his parliamentary role as a senator.