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Congo-Kinshasa: Kinshasa's Gamble - Why Tshisekedi's Death Sentence On Kabila Could Ignite Congo

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Column - The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has taken its most perilous step yet. On Tuesday, September 30, a military court sentenced former president Joseph Kabila to death in absentia on charges of treason, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.

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The former President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Joseph Kabila, was sentenced to death on 30 September 2025 after a trial in absentia for "treason" and "war crimes" before the military justice of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where he no longer resides for two years. A verdict hailed in the ruling party (UDPS) but denounced by a representative of civil society in the eastern part of the country, while one official of t…

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The verdict handed down by the Kinshasa High Military Court against the former Congolese president arouses the anger of his political family, but what are the options available to her?

Death penalty against Kabila: Bruno Tshibala opposes a conviction on the basis of the "unconsequential subsuppositions" Image media Patient Fri 03/10/2025 - 11:09 Corps Joseph Kabila's lieutenants, including those who had previously been walled in silence, broke the omerta after their leader was sentenced to the death penalty imposed on Tuesday by the High Military Court, notably for participation in a military trial.

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allAfrica broke the news in South Africa on Thursday, October 2, 2025.
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