Today, acquitted of alleged crimes against humanity committed during the battles of 2010-11, Charles Ble Goude says he wants to help bring peace
Meant to tackle international crimes, the court has only convicted three individuals in 20 years
Central Africa’s giant holds the continent’s richest mineral wealth, yet its economy remains woefully underdeveloped and its people impoverished
Efforts to pull off democratic elections that could pass muster in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are hanging by a thread
With little over a month to go, the Congolese opposition is in disarray
The minister has taken issue with a meeting of DRC leaders that excluded the ruling party
South Africa and the DRC have enjoyed a cordial relationship for years but things seem to be on shaky ground
The DRC’s election commission ruled out Bemba running on the basis that he was "convicted by the International Criminal Court" for bribing witnesses
Former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba was sentenced for 18 years in June 2016 on five charges of war crimes.
Bemba’s MLC troops helped put down an attempted coup in neighbouring CAR, in months-long campaign of horrific abuses against civilian population.
The judgement is the first to recognise sexual violence as a weapon of war, as well as the highest profile leader.
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/ 7 December 2010
As the trial of the Congolese rebel leader gets under way, political analysts will go into overdrive about what the case means for the DRC.
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/ 24 November 2010
A heavy silence hung in the air in a conference hall in Bangui as hundreds of people gathered to watch Jean-Pierre Bemba face a courtroom.
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/ 22 November 2010
Former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba of the DRC goes on trial on Monday for rapes and murders allegedly committed by his troops.
The war-crimes trial of former DRC vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba, due to have started on April 27, has been postponed to July 5.
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/ 2 December 2009
Former DRC vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba poses a flight risk and a threat to witnesses and must remain in custody, a judge said on Wednesday.