Heavy security as DR Congo ex-warlord ‘heads home’ to contest election

warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba of the Democratic Republic of Congo said he was headed Wednesday for Kinshasa to throw his hat into the ring for a December presidential election after spending 11 years abroad — most of them behind bars.

“En route to the land of my ancestors, my homeland,” Bemba said on Twitter during the night. A photo of the 55-year-old Bemba boarding a private jet in Belgium accompanied the tweet.



The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague in June overturned a 2016 conviction against Bemba for five counts of war crimes committed by his militia in the Central African Republic in 2002-03.

Bemba had vowed to return to Kinshasa to file his election bid as candidates must physically be in the country to lodge their applications.

On Monday, the governor of Kinshasa said he...Read More...

warlord hmmmm

Now u remember u hv a country to rule

If this man should contest for presidential election in Congo it is equivalent to handing Congo into the hands of the military

Replace ur stupidity

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