On Tuesday a military court in Kinshasa convicted Ex president Joseph Kabila of treason and sentenced him to death.

 On Tuesday a military court in Kinshasa convicted Ex president Joseph Kabila of treason and sentenced him to death.

Lieutenant-General Joseph Mutombo Katalayi, said Kaila was found guilty of charges that included murder, sexual assault, torture etc.

Article 7 of the Military Penal Code, it imposes a single sentence, namely the most severe one, which is the death penalty,” Katalayi said while delivering the verdict.

DR Congo’s government said Kabila – who ruled the country between 2001 and 2019 – collaborated with Rwanda and the M23 rebel group that seized key cities in eastern Congo in January in a lightning assault.

which he denied.