Kamwina Nsapu

The Congolese people of Masuika, in Kasai Central (Democratic Republic of Congo), heard the final verdict in the trial of two former members of the Kamuina Nsapu militia, accused of war crimes committed in 2017. Photo: The crowd awaits the verdict at the place where the mobile court hearings were held, near the site of the crimes.

The people of Masuika hears two verdicts

11 March 2025 by Joseph Mbuyi

The two men prosecuted for the martyrdom of a traditional chief in 2017 had their sentences reduced to 20 years in prison by the military court on March 10. The Congolese population of Masuika, in Central Kasai, was also able to a [...]

In the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the verdict is confirmed on appeal for two defendants, former Kamwina Nsapu militiamen, in a trial for war crimes. Photo: The two defendants pose under a tent set up during a mobile court hearing in the village where the crimes took place.

Settling of scores in Kasai

10 March 2025 by Joseph Mbuyi

The appeal trial for the murder of Chief Mbangu in 2017 in Masuika, in the province of Central Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo, ended on March 7. The two defendants, sentenced to death in first instance, accused each other [...]

In Kasai (Democratic Republic of Congo), some trials are held in mobile courts, in the heart of the villages, as close as possible to the crimes and the victims. Photo: Protected witnesses are covered from head to toe during a trial for war crimes committed by members of the Kamwina Nsapu militia.

In Kasai, justice on the ground and under protection

6 March 2025 by Joseph Mbuyi

After several postponements, the appeal trial of two men sentenced to death for war crimes committed in the Congolese region of Kasai opened in the town of Masuika on March 3. The entire court traveled to the crime site. To hear t [...]

Kasai Truth Commission (Democratic Republic of Congo) - Children play on ruins in this region affected by the Kamwina Nsapu conflict.

Dem. Rep. Of Congo

Kasai-Central Truth Commission renewed despite meagre record

29 August 2024 by Caleb Kazadi

Having reached the end of its first three-year mandate, the Kasai-Central Truth Commission was extended on July 18. Underfunded and poorly managed, the provincial institution has achieved nothing for the victims and establishing t [...]

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Trial in D.R. Congo - A woman victim of rape in Kasai, walks in the center of Mulombodi (DRC)

Dem. Rep. Of Congo

30 March 2023 by Caleb Kazadi

Congo: Two top brass on trial for crimes against humanity in Kasai An important trial in the "Mulombodi" case opened in Kinshasa on March 20, more than six years after the events. This religious site near Kananga airport was the scene of atrocities in September 2016. Two top Congolese police and [...]

Court hearing in a village in Kasai, DRC. The seven defendants in the Kamuina Nsapu trial are in the center, surrounded by soldiers and a crowd of villagers.

Dem. Rep. Of Congo

21 April 2022 by Joseph Mbuyi

In Kasai, justice against all odds In the Democratic Republic of Congo, this is the third war crimes trial of former members of the Kamuina Nsapu militia. On April 19, seven former members of this rebel movement were convicted for war crimes committed in 2017 in Ka [...]

Carte situant le village de Mayi Munene, près de Tshikapa, dans la province du Kasaï en République démocratique du Congo.

Dem. Rep. Of Congo

8 November 2021 by Ephrem Rugiririza

First trial in Kasai for crimes of the Kamuina Nsapu rebellion For the first time in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Kasai province, a former militia leader was on October 30 convicted of war crimes by Congolese military justice. This took place in one of the villages set on fire in 2017 d [...]