The 53-year-old led DR Congo for 18 years, after succeeding his father Laurent, who was shot dead in 2001. Joseph Kabila was ...

The long-anticipated treason trial of former Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila began Friday in a military ...

The former president of the DRC has been accused of "crimes against peace" and of being linked to the armed rebel group M23.

KINSHASA, July 25 (Xinhua) -- The High Military Court of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Friday postponed the case involving former President Joseph Kabila to July 31, following an ...

Democratic Republic of Congo's ex-leader Joseph Kabila went on trial in absentia Friday on charges including treason over alleged support for Rwanda-backed militants, an AFP reporter at the court said ...

The trial of Democratic Republic of Congo's former leader Joseph Kabila on charges including treason will open on Friday in Kinshasa, according to a court document seen by AFP on Thursday.

Kabila led Congo from 2011 to 2019, taking office at the age of 29 and extending his mandate by delaying elections for two years after his term was ended in 2017. His father, former President ...

Joseph Kabila was literally born into his father's revolution, up in the rebel maquis, or stronghold, called Hewa Bora, in the eastern Congolese region known as Fizi-Baraka, along Lake Tanganyika.