Posts Tagged ‘Joseph Kabila’


September 24, 2010

Kabila’s Visit Highlights Tension Over Lubanga Trial

By Olivia Bueno

Dear readers – please find below a commentary written by Olivia Bueno at the International Refugee Rights Initiative in consultation with Congolese activists.  The views and opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the International Refugee Rights Initiative or of the Open Society Justice Initiative. Last week, Congolese President Joseph…

March 14, 2009

Focus on Ntaganda: Testimony in Lubanga Trial Raises Stakes for Arrest

By Wairagala Wakabi

Bosco Ntaganda’s days of freedom in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) may be numbered – but only if President Joseph Kabila responds to international pressure for the militia leader to be arrested. That pressure is steadily increasing as the testimony of former child soldiers continues to point to Ntaganda’s key role in the militia…