ROME (Reuters) - Congolese opposition leader Moise Katumbi held Italian citizenship from October 2000 until January 2017, the Italian town where he was a resident said on Wednesday, jeopardising his hopes of contesting a presidential election later this year.
Democratic Republic of Congo's attorney general said last week he had opened an investigation into allegations about Katumbi's Italian nationality, first reported by Paris-based magazine Jeune Afrique.
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