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France arrests ex- DRC rebel leader for role in 'crimes against humanity'

Roger Lumbala suspected of various acts during 1998-2002 war in Democratic Republic of the Congo. He denies the claims.

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French anti-terror prosecutors have announced the arrest of the former head of a rebel group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on charges of “complicity in crimes against humanity”, reports The Guardian.

Roger Lumbala, 62, is a former opposition lawmaker who led the RCD-N party, an armed group suspected by UN investigators of carrying out extrajudicial killings, rapes and cannibalism during the country’s civil war from 1998-2002.

The charges concern his actions in 2002 in the north- eastern Ituri region predominantly against the Nande and Twa ethnic groups, the prosecutors told AFP.

Read more of this report from The Guardian.