Sangara was elected by a decisive Assembly vote on Thursday evening, securing the backing of 413 out of 423 deputies present. Running unopposed, he succeeds his mentor, Vital Kamerhe, who resigned in September ahead of a planned removal vote. Hailing from South Kivu in eastern DRC, 57-year-old Sangara has nearly…
A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has convicted former President Joseph Kabila of treason and related charges, sentencing him to death in absentia. The ruling, delivered on Tuesday, follows accusations that Kabila collaborated with Rwanda and the M23 rebel group, which seized key eastern cities in…