Kasaï

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 [...]

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 [...]

Justice in Kasai, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - Photo: people displaced by the conflict between the local Kamwina Nsapu militia and government forces wait to receive food rations.

Dem. Rep. Of Congo

Kasai: how three senior officials escaped justice

17 June 2024 by Caleb Kazadi

On June 1, a trial on the violent Kamwina Nsapu insurrection in Tshikapa (Kasai province) ended in a resounding flop. After a few days of hearings, the military court of former Kasai Occidental declared that it did not have jurisd [...]

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 [...]

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