US EditionCongo army battles convicted war criminal's militia, civilian deaths reported
- Congo's army is engaged in heavy fighting with the Convention for the Popular Revolution militia, founded by Thomas Lubanga, a convicted war criminal, resulting in civilian casualties.
- Civilians have suffered, with an activist reporting 19 deaths including 13 elderly women and four young girls.
- The army reported killing 12 CPR fighters in recent clashes after the militia attempted multiple attacks against them.
- Thomas Lubanga was convicted by the International Criminal Court in 2012 and released in 2020, later being appointed to a peace task force by President Felix Tshisekedi.
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Congo army battles convicted war criminal's militia, civilian deaths reported
Heavy clashes erupted this week between Congo's army and a militia founded by a war criminal convicted at the International Criminal Court but later released, both sides said, and one civil society activist put the civilian death toll at 19.
Ituri : 12 CRP militiamen killed in Djugu according to army Image media Patient dim 17/08/2025 - 17:35 Corps The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) neutralized 12 militiamen of the Convention for the Popular Revolution, (CRP) of Thomas Lubanga, during military operations conducted on Wednesday 13 August in the localities of Nizi and Lopa, in Djugu territory.
Fierce fighting erupts as Congo troops face militia tied to Lubanga
Heavy clashes have recently erupted between Congo’s army and a new militia group in the war-scarred Ituri province of eastern Congo. The militia group, a new security threat in the region, was founded by Thomas Lubanga, a war criminal convicted by the International Criminal Court. A civil society activist on the ground has reported that the civilian death toll from the recent heavy fighting has reached at least 19 people. Congo’s military said i…
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