Former DRC President Joseph Kabila sentenced to death for treason

The military justice of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) sentenced former president Joseph Kabila (2001-2019) to the death penalty this Tuesday, declaring him guilty of treason for supporting the rebel group March 23 Movement (M23), which is fighting in the east of the country against the Congolese Army. The High Military Court, based in Kinshasa, where Kabila, 54, has been tried 'in absentia' since last July 25, described him as the "leader" of the Congo River Alliance (AFC, in French), considered the political arm of the M23, according to local media.

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The auditor general of the Armed Forces (a kind of prosecutor), General Lucien René Likulia, requested in August the death penalty for Kabila, considering him the intellectual author of the violence perpetrated by the M23, which is backed by neighboring Rwanda, as confirmed by the United Nations and several countries.