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Congo army battles convicted war criminal's militia, civilian deaths reported
- Congo's army is engaged in heavy fighting with the Convention for the Popular Revolution militia, founded by Thomas Lubanga, a convicted war criminal, resulting in civilian casualties.
- Civilians have suffered, with an activist reporting 19 deaths including 13 elderly women and four young girls.
- The army reported killing 12 CPR fighters in recent clashes after the militia attempted multiple attacks against them.
- Thomas Lubanga was convicted by the International Criminal Court in 2012 and released in 2020, later being appointed to a peace task force by President Felix Tshisekedi.
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Congo army battles convicted war criminal's militia, civilian deaths reported
Heavy clashes erupted this week between Congo's army and a militia founded by a war criminal convicted at the International Criminal Court but later released, both sides said, and one civil society activist put the civilian death toll at 19.
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Fierce fighting erupts as Congo troops face militia tied to Lubanga
Heavy clashes have recently erupted between Congo’s army and a new militia group in the war-scarred Ituri province of eastern Congo. The militia group, a new security threat in the region, was founded by Thomas Lubanga, a war criminal convicted by the International Criminal Court. A civil society activist on the ground has reported that the civilian death toll from the recent heavy fighting has reached at least 19 people. Congo’s military said i…
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