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Congolese courts quash two former warlords' candidacies

Two candidates in the legislative elections in Ituri province have been declared ineligible by the DRC's Constitutional Court. The grounds were that they had been convicted of war crimes by the International Criminal Court and the military courts. [...]

Published on 15/09/2023 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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A former warlord and government minister, Roger Lumbala is accused of complicity in crimes against humanity committed in the early 2000s and is being held in France pending trial. Africa Intelligence delves into the investigation, in which President Félix Tshisekedi and some of his advisers and military officials make an appearance.

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Roger Lumbala in 2013, then a member of M23.

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Jean-Pierre Bemba closes ranks around his young guard

Since his return to Kinshasa on 24 June (WAN 803), Jean-Pierre Bemba has been relying on his spokesman and the [...]

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Doubts mount over Joseph Kony's war crimes trial

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