Tag: Bemba
Bemba excluded from DR Congo presidential candidate list
The election commission of Democratic Republic of Congo excluded opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba and three former prime ministers from the approved candidates...
Bemba supporters teargassed
Police in Democratic Republic of Congo fired teargas at supporters of opposition leader and presidential hopeful Jean-Pierre Bemba as they welcomed him...
Former Congolese warlord on DR Congo presidential election
Former Congolese warlord and vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba believes he would be the best candidate to represent the opposition in December's presidential...
ICC adds a year to Bemba’s conviction for attempted bribery of...
The United Nations-backed International Criminal Court (ICC) this week sentenced former Congolese Vice-President, Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, to another year in prison and...
Ex DRC vice president convicted of witness tampering
Former Democratic Republic of Congo vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba and his defence team bribed witnesses to lie in his favour at a...
Congo ex-warlord held in Rwanda seeks release
Lawyers for former Congolese warlord Laurent Nkunda said they had filed a motion in Rwanda's Supreme Court seeking his release from house...