Jean-Pierre Bemba - Political Scandals

Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila will formally submit his candidacy on Sunday for re-election at polls scheduled for November 28, according to his party.Kabila, president since 2001, was nominated by his People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (PPRD ...

Former Congolese vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba, who is held in The Hague on war crimes charges, will not contend the November 28 presidential election, his party said Thursday."We do not have the authorisation from the ICC," (International Criminal Court) for Bemba to ...

Democratic Republic of Congo's opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi on Monday officially entered the race to become the country's next president, becoming a candidate for the November election.Tshisekedi, head of the the Union for Democracy and Social Progress, boycotted the ...

Jean-Pierre Bemba, a former Democratic Republic of Congo vice-president on trial at The Hague for war crimes, declared his candidacy Friday for November presidential polls."My candidacy for the presidential election will be, as long as you are in agreement, one that ...

The first witness at the war crimes trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba took the stand on Tuesday, describing how beret-clad soldiers raped a young girl in a Central African Republic village.Speaking from behind a screen to protect his identity, the unnamed witness ...

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The militia of former Congo vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba raped young girls at a school in the Central African Republic, and also robbed and beat civilians, a witness told the International Criminal Court on Tuesday.Bemba, 48, went on ...

Democratic Republic of Congo former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba denied charges of war crimes Monday as his trial opened with prosecutors blaming him for his army's campaign of rapes and killings.Bemba is charged at the world's top war crimes ...

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - A former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo pleaded not guilty on Monday at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges he let his troops rape children, men and women in the Central African Republic.Jean-Pierre Bemba ...

Trial of Congo's ex-VP Bemba to begin; prosecutor says it will be a warning for all commandersThe chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says the trial of a former vice president of Congo will define the legal responsibility of a ...

Congo's former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba faced a war crimes trial Monday and the chief prosecutor said its outcome will define a commander's legal responsibility to control his troops worldwide.. Bemba, who had been seen as a potential presidential candidate ...

Topic: Jean-Pierre Bemba

Kabila to submit DR Congo polls candidacy Sunday

War crimes suspect Bemba won't run in DR Congo poll

Opposition leader enters DR Congo presidential race

War crimes accused declares DR Congo poll candidacy

First witness in Bemba trial says troops raped young girl

Witness recalls rapes, killings in Bemba ICC trial

DR Congo ex-vice president denies war crimes

Congo ex-vice president pleads innocent to war crimes

Prosecutor: Bemba trial will set precedent

Congo's Bemba goes on trial for war crimes, rape

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