{"id":283154,"date":"2025-10-01T06:05:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T05:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/dr-congo-court-sentences-former-leader-to-death-for-collaborating-with-rwanda-m23-rebels-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T06:05:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T05:05:06","slug":"dr-congo-court-sentences-former-leader-to-death-for-collaborating-with-rwanda-m23-rebels-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/dr-congo-court-sentences-former-leader-to-death-for-collaborating-with-rwanda-m23-rebels-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"DR Congo court sentences former leader to death for collaborating with Rwanda, M23 rebels | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/0PqWNabqaP4\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"DR Congo court sentences former leader to death for collaborating with Rwanda, M23 rebels | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0PqWNabqaP4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced former President Joseph Kabila to death in absentia for treason. He was found guilty of collaborating with Rwanda and the armed group, M23, which seized parts of the resource-rich east this year. Kabila&#8217;s arrest is unlikely. Officials don&#8217;t know where he is. Congo&#8217;s decades long conflict has claimed three-thousand lives and displaced millions. <\/p>\n<p>00:00 Military court convicts former President Joseph Kabila of treason, war crimes<br \/>\n00:28 Mvemba Phezo Dizolele from Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies<\/p>\n<p>#m23 #drcongo #rwanda<br \/>\nFor more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced former President Joseph Kabila to death in absentia for treason. He was found guilty of collaborating with Rwanda and the armed group, M23, which seized parts of the resource-rich east this year. Kabila&#8217;s arrest is unlikely. Officials don&#8217;t know where he is. 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