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Kavumu trial: High Military Court confirms all condemnations
26.07.2018 - (Last modified: 18.11.2019)
“They were raping our girls”
04.07.2018 - (Last modified: 19.12.2018)
“A married woman cannot talk about her rape”
19.06.2018 - (Last modified: 20.06.2018)
Kavumu case: appeal opens near crimes venue
12.06.2018
Leon Maro Ntumwa
06.06.2018 - (Last modified: 15.08.2018)
Facts
Lieutenant Colonel and Chief Maro Ntumwa, known as “Moroccan”, was the right hand of Bedi Mobuli Engengela, known as “Colonel 106”, a Mai-Mai militia leader. From 2005 to 2007, this militia group fought the Congolese army in order to take possession of Kalahe territory in South Kivu.
The group persecuted hundreds of villagers in complete impunity. During the...
DRC: a campaign to set up civilian tribunals
09.04.2018
Frederic Batumike and others - Kavumu Trial
12.02.2018 - (Last modified: 26.07.2018)
Facts
Kavumu is a very poor village in the South Kivu province in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). For many years, this region has been the scene of violence, fighting for territories and natural resources, and power struggle.
Between 2013 and 2016, more than 40 young girls in Kavumu, aged between 13 months and 12 years, were kidnapp...
