Tag: Jean-Pierre Bemba
Bemba seeking millions in court damages
Former Congolese vice president and militia leader Jean-Pierre Bemba acquitted of war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC) last year is seeking nearly...
Witness tampering sentence for Bemba, but no jail time
The International Criminal Court (ICC) fined Congolese politician Jean-Pierre Bemba 300,000 euros ($350,730) and sentenced him to 12 months for witness tampering,...
Bemba files DR Congo presidency candidacy
Democratic Republic of Congo opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba filed his candidacy for December's presidential election, cementing a comeback after a decade in...
Bemba back in DR Congo
Thousands of cheering supporters greeted opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba on Wednesday as he returned to Democratic Republic of Congo after a decade...
Bemba back in DR Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba returned home on Wednesday after a decade in prison for a presidential run expected...
Bemba should not be allowed to run for president – coalition
Congolese opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba should be declared ineligible to stand in a presidential election in December because of a witness tampering...
Congo opposition leader Bemba to return next week for presidential bid
Congolese opposition leader and former warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba, whose war crimes convictions were quashed in May, will return to the country next...
Bemba going back to DR Congo
Congolese opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba, whose war crimes convictions were quashed last month, is expected to return to DR Congo next month...
Bemba release ordered after war crimes acquittal
Jean-Pierre Bemba, the Congolese ex-vice president whose war crimes conviction was quashed on appeal last week, must be released, judges at International...
Congo’s Bemba seeks release after war crimes acquittal
Jean-Pierre Bemba, the Congolese ex-vice president whose war crimes conviction was quashed on appeal last week, will seek his immediate release on...
Bemba acquitted of war crimes
The International Criminal Court (ICC) overturned the war crimes conviction of former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba, a...
Congolese politician to appeal 17 year war crimes sentence
Congolese politician Jean-Pierre Bemba will appeal his conviction for overseeing a campaign of rape and murder in the Central African Republic, according...
DR Congolese gets 18 years for Central African Republic war crimes
Congolese politician Jean-Pierre Bemba was sentenced to 18 years in prison by the International Criminal Court on Tuesday for heading a 2002-03...
Bemba gets 18 years for Central African Republic war crimes
Congolese politician Jean-Pierre Bemba was sentenced to 18 years in prison by the International Criminal Court on Tuesday for heading a 2002-03...
ISS: Bemba – condemned for commanding a rebellion
On Monday 21 March, the International Criminal Court (ICC) found former Congolese vice-president and former rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba guilty of war...
ICC convicts Congolese politician on Central African war crimes
Congolese politician Jean-Pierre Bemba became the highest-ranking political leader to face a verdict from the International Criminal Court on Monday, found guilty...
Witness-tampering charges could derail Bemba war crimes trial
A lawyer for former Congo vice-president and war crimes suspect Jean-Pierre Bemba went on trial himself on Wednesday on charges of colluding...
