Congo trial over killings of U.N. experts resumes after long suspension

FILE PHOTO: Handout photo of Michael Sharp, an American investigator for the United Nations in this photo taken in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, February 7, 2017. Courtesy of John E. Sharp/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

DAKAR (Reuters) - The trial of more than two dozen people, including a former intelligence agency informant, suspected in the killings of two U.N. sanctions monitors last year in central Congo resumed on Monday after a 10-month suspension, defence lawyers said.

Zaida Catalan, a Swede, and Michael Sharp, an American, were killed in March 2017 while investigating an armed conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo's Kasai region between government forces and the local Kamuina Nsapu militia.