Making his ruling, Lt-Gen. Joseph Mutombo Katalayi said Kabila participated in a plot to topple an elected government. DR Congo also pins Rwanda for aiding the M23 rebels, claims Rwanda vehemently denies. While still in power, Joseph Kabila strongly opposed a proposal by the Congolese parliament, of exempting former heads of state from trial in […]
A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday September 30, 2025 sentenced former president Joseph Kabila to death in absentia, convicting him of crimes including war crimes. Lieutenant-General Joseph Mutombo Katalayi, who presided the military tribunal in the capital, told the court that Kabila was convicted of various crimes including treason, crimes […]
At least 107 people were killed and 146 others went missing after a boat capsized Thursday in the northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), local media reported Friday. According to media reports citing official sources, the accident occurred on the Congo River about 122 km from Mbandaka, the capital of Equateur Province. The same […]
Mutamba transferred $19 million from the ministry’s bank account to Zion Construction, which was meant to compensate victims of war crimes committed by Ugandan and Rwandan forces in Kisangani. Former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Justice Minister, Constant Mutamba has been sentenced to three years of forced labor for embezzling public funds, including money intended […]
Owoyesigyire said that Uganda police working with the support of sister security agencies, managed to apprehend the suspect and the child was successfully recovered alive. Uganda police have rescued a 2.8-year-old boy who was kidnapped from Musajja Alumbwa in Mengo, Kampala district and the kidnapper fled to Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Luke Owoyesigyire, the […]
Memory was apprehended after sneaking back into Uganda through a porous border point. Upon his arrest, security forces recovered wild animal products and military items. Jilted Man Beheads Ex-girlfriend – Arrested with Head in Shrine Derrick Memory, a 30-year-old resident of Karukara Trading Centre in Rukarara Village in Kihembe sub-county, Kanungu District, has been arrested […]
The March 23 Movement (M23) have dismissed accusations against them of raiding hospitals in Goma city, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. On Monday, Vivian Van De Perre, the Deputy Special Representative for Protection and Operations in United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) released a report […]
Several explosions killed at least 11 people and injured 65 others on Thursday in Bukavu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), shortly after a political rally in support of the rebel March 23 Movement (M23). The latest casualties were confirmed by Corneille Nangaa, the political leader of the Congo River Alliance, a […]
Two South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers stationed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have reportedly fallen pregnant while on deployment. The claims suggest that while serving in eastern DRC as part of a peacekeeping or regional mission, the soldiers may have engaged in activities outside their primary military duties, leading to their […]
President Yoweri Museveni has said it is not true that the Ugandan army UPDF has deployed troops in Eastern Congo to help the Congo government fight the M-23 rebels. STATEMENT IN FULL I need to clarify one misinformation I saw on Al-Jazeera TV, the other night. There was an item that said that Uganda had […]