Trial of Ex-Congolese Warlord Important Step for Justice

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Roger Lumbala Tshitenga, a former Congolese rebel leader and government minister, in Kampala, Uganda, February 6, 2013. © 2013 Isaac Kasamani/AFP via Getty Images The trial of Roger Lumbala Tshitenga, a former rebel leader and former minister in the Democratic Republic of Congo, begins on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, before the Paris Criminal Court. Lumbala is charged with crimes against humanity allegedly committed in North Kivu and Ituri provinces between 2002 and 2003, including summary executions, torture and other inhuman treatment, rape, pillages, and…

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