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Carte situant le village de Mayi Munene, près de Tshikapa, dans la province du Kasaï en République démocratique du Congo.
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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 during the conflict between the Kamuina Nsapu militias and the Congolese army.
By Ephrem Rugiririza
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