"The former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Joseph Kabila, was sentenced to death by a military court on Tuesday for treason and war crimes. Kabila, who was sentenced in absentia, was found guilty of charges that included murder, sexual assault, torture and insurrection. The military tribunal sentenced former President Joseph Kabila to death in absentiaImage: Samy Ntumba Shambuyi/AP Photo/picture alliance Military court imposes death penalty "In applying Article 7 of the Military Penal Code, it imposes a single sentence, namely the most severe one, which is the death penalty," said Lieutenant-General Joseph Mutombo Katalayi, who presided over the tribunal in Kinshasa."
"Kabila was also ordered to pay around pay $33 billion (28 billion) in damages to the state and to the eastern provinces of North and South Kivu. The M23 militia captured large parts of these provinces this year and established its own administrations there. Kabila was accused of backing the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels with President Felix Tshisekedi saying he was the brains behind the armed group."
"Kabila, who led DR Congo for 18 years, has denied the allegations and has dubbed Tshisekedi's government a "dictatorship." Late in May, Kabila made a brief appearance in the rebel-held eastern Congo where he tried to mediate peace, a move that did not go down well with Kinshasa. Kabila ruled the country between 2001 and 2019 and took power following the assassination of his father Laurent-Desire Kabila. The former leader has spent much of his exile in South Africa although his current whereabouts are unclear."
Joseph Kabila was sentenced to death by a military court in absentia after being found guilty of treason, war crimes, murder, sexual assault, torture and insurrection. The tribunal invoked Article 7 of the Military Penal Code to impose the death penalty. Kabila was ordered to pay around $33 billion in damages to the state and the eastern provinces of North and South Kivu. The M23 militia captured large parts of those provinces and established its own administrations. Authorities accused Kabila of backing the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels and labelled him their mastermind. Kabila denies the allegations and called President Felix Tshisekedi's government a "dictatorship." Kabila led the DRC from 2001 to 2019, has spent much of his exile in South Africa, and his current whereabouts are unclear.
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