Prosecutors in the trial of accused militia leader Thomas Lubanga turned to a historian this week to explain the origins of the ethnic conflicts that have plagued the Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Author and historian Gerard Prunier provided the court with an overview of the ethnic tensions that erupted…
The violence in the Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of Congo went beyond economics and ethnicity, historian Gerard Prunier told the court on Friday in the continuing trial of accused militia leader Thomas Lubanga. Responding to a question from Judge Elizabeth Odio Benito, Prunier said the conflict began as an economic one, but quickly…
Defense attorneys for Thomas Lubanga on Thursday questioned historian Gerard Prunier about the history of the Hema-Lendu conflict and its possible bearing on the actions of Lubanga and his Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC). Prunier, who holds a Ph.D. in African Studies from the University of Paris, published From Genocide to Continental War: The Congolese…
Thomas Lubanga on trial at the International Criminal Court. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo is the first person to be tried by the International Criminal Court. A former rebel leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lubanga is accused of conscripting, enlisting, and using child soldiers. More
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