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DR Congo seeks to remove ex-President Kabila's immunity
He led DR Congo for 18 years, after succeeding his father Laurent, who was shot dead in 2001. Joseph Kabila was just 29 at the time. After stepping down, he was given the title of "senator for life", which gives him legal immunity. In order to pursue a legal case, DR Congo's military prosecutor has asked the senate to overturn this.
Why does DRC want to end ex-President Kabila’s immunity for war crimes?
The army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) asked the Senate this week to revoke former President Joseph Kabila’s immunity from prosecution. Removal of Kabila’s immunity would pave the way for him to be prosecuted on charges of “supporting a rebel insurgency” in the country’s troubled eastern region,
The South African armed forces say they have begun withdrawing their peacekeeping troops from rebel-controlled eastern Congo.
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South Africa begins withdrawing peacekeepers from rebel-held eastern CongoSouth Africa’s armed forces announced Thursday they had begun pulling their peacekeepers out of eastern Congo, a region now under the sway of rebel fighters. According to the South African National ...
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