DR Congo court issues arrest warrant for rebel leader

DR Congo court issues arrest warrant for rebel leader.

Nangaa is the leader of the Congo River Alliance that includes M23 fighters.

A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has issued an international arrest warrant for the leader of the Congo River Alliance, which includes the M23, for war crimes and treason.

State media reported on Thursday that the warrant was issued on Tuesday against Corneille Nangaa for massacres it claimed he committed in eastern DRC’s North Kivu and, more recently, in South Kivu regions – constituting a crime under Congolese legislation, as well as international law.

The court has ordered Nangaa to be arrested wherever he may be found and brought to Congolese territory.