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Supporters of Ex-DRC President Kabila Denounce Proposed Death ...

Former President Joseph Kabila is facing the death penalty in a dramatic trial unfolding in absentia, as Congo’s military prosecutor accuses him of treason, war crimes, and backing the Rwanda-aligned M23 rebel group that has overrun eastern regions of the country. Kabila, who ruled the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from 2001 to 2019, is […]

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The former President is being tried in a case of treason and is accused of being the leader of the rebel group M23, supported by Rwanda.

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The trial of former Congolese President Joseph Kabila, which has been held since 25 July before the Military High Court of Kinshasa, was so far rather dull. But the requisition of the Public Prosecutor's Office, formulated on Friday, 22 August, with at the key the demand for the death penalty against the ex-Chief of the Military Court... Read Kabila Trial: Justice Necessary or Time Bomb? appeared first on ledjely.

The Public Prosecutor's Office demanded the death penalty on Friday in Kinshasa against the former President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Joseph Kabila. The man was tried in absentia by the High Military Court for complicity with the armed group M23 supported by Rwanda. In closing his petition, General Lucien René Likulia, representative of the Public Prosecutor's Office, called on the judges of the High Military Court to senten…

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Les Echos du Congo Brazzaville broke the news in on Sunday, August 24, 2025.
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