Nsumbu

Exterior view of the courtroom where a crowd gathered around, in the Nsumbu trial (Kasai / D.R. Congo)

Dem. Rep. Of Congo

Judgment day in Kasai

18 March 2021 by Joseph Mbuyi

The village of Nkongolo Moshi in Kasai Central experienced a new kind of justice on March 16. A military tribunal there concluded the first war crimes trial in this province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Laurent Katende Nsu [...]

Nsumbu trial in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Dem. Rep. Of Congo

Accused faces victims in first Kasai war crimes trial

15 March 2021 by Joseph Mbuyi

On March 10, the war crimes trial of traditional leader Nsumbu, a former militia leader, opened in the Congolese village of Nkongolo Moshi in Kasai Central. This is the first trial for international crimes in this province of the [...]