{"id":1992,"date":"2025-10-03T06:16:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T06:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/?p=1992"},"modified":"2025-10-03T06:16:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T06:16:04","slug":"former-congolese-president-joseph-kabila-sentenced-to-death-for-war-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/03\/former-congolese-president-joseph-kabila-sentenced-to-death-for-war-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Congolese president Joseph Kabila sentenced to death for war crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Former Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila has been sentenced to death in absentia for war crimes and treason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The charges concern accusations that Kabila has been supporting the M23, a rebel group who have wreaked devastation across the country\u2019s eastern region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kabila was convicted on Friday by a military court of treason, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, including murder, sexual assault, torture and insurrection. He denied the charges, but did not appear in court to defend himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ex-president rejected the case as \u201carbitrary\u201d and said the courts were being used as an \u201cinstrument of oppression\u201d. His current whereabouts are unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 54-year-old led DR Congo for 18 years, after succeeding his father Laurent, who was shot dead in 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kabila handed power to President F\u00e9lix Tshisekedi in 2019, but they later fell out and Kabila went into self-imposed exile in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In April this year, the former president said he wanted to help find a solution to the deadly fighting in the east and arrived in the M23-held city of Goma the following month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Tshisekedi accused Kabila of being the brains behind the M23 and senators stripped him of his legal immunity, paving the way for his prosecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Decades of conflict had escalated earlier this year when the M23 seized control of large parts of the mineral-rich east, including Goma, the city of Bukavu and two airports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pointing to overwhelming evidence, the UN and several Western countries have accused neighbouring Rwanda of backing the M23, and sending thousands of its soldiers into DR Congo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Kigali denies the charges, saying it is acting to stop the conflict from spilling over onto its territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A ceasefire deal between the rebels and the government was agreed in July, but the bloodshed has continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: BBC<\/sub><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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