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A former military aide who spent some 20 years in prison for his alleged role in the assassination of DRC president Laurent Kabila, has been promoted to rank of brigadier general.
The East African Wednesday January 13 2021 DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi. He says the pardon was meant to show forgiveness, justice and “national reconciliation.” PHOTO | FILE | NMG Summary President Felix Tshisekedi’s office said the pardon was meant to show forgiveness, justice and “national reconciliation.” But it was also political, as the 28, the initial group included 11 others who died in custody, walked out of the gates of Makala Prison in Kinshasa were also regaining freedom they claim had been unjustly taken from them. Advertisement At midmorning January 8, 2021 Bern...
World News Quick Take Three held for dolphin death Police on Friday arrested three people in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh for beating an endangered dolphin to death with an axe. In a video shared widely in the Indian press and on social media, a group of men are shown beating the Gangetic dolphin with sticks and rods before one of them drives an axe into its body. “The incident happened on Dec. 31 and we have arrested three people in connection with the assault,” local policeman Dinesh Prasad said. According to the World Wildlife Fund, there are only between 1,200 and 1,800 of the ...
Killers of DR Congo’s Laurent-Desire Kabila released from jail On Kindly Share This Story: Twenty-two men convicted over the 2001 assassination of Democratic Republic of Congo president Laurent-Desire Kabila were released from prison Friday after being pardoned by current leader Felix Tshisekedi. The men were met outside Makala prison in the capital Kinshasa by family and friends, some in tears. Among those released was the slain president’s former aide de camp Colonel Eddy Kapend, who has always denied any part in the plot to murder Kabila, father of Tshisekedi’s predecessor and poli...
Killers of ex-DR Congo president Kabila released from prison Published 8 January 2021 Twenty-two men convicted over the 2001 assassination of Democratic Republic of Congo president Laurent-Desire Kabila were released from prison on Friday after receiving pardons from current leader Felix Tshisekedi. The men were met outside Makala prison in the capital Kinshasa by family and friends, some in tears. Among those released was the slain president’s former aide de camp Colonel Eddy Kapend, who has always denied any part in the plot to murder Kabila, father of Tshisekedi’s predecessor and poli...