{"id":5116,"date":"2021-01-04T18:15:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T18:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jan\/04\/france-arrests-former-drc-rebel-for-crimes-against-humanity-roger-lumbala"},"modified":"2021-01-04T18:15:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T18:15:13","slug":"france-arrests-former-drc-rebel-leader-for-role-in-crimes-against-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/04\/france-arrests-former-drc-rebel-leader-for-role-in-crimes-against-humanity\/","title":{"rendered":"France arrests former DRC rebel leader for role in ‘crimes against humanity’"},"content":{"rendered":"
Roger Lumbala suspected of various acts during 1998-2002 war in Democratic Republic of Congo
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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 \u201ccomplicity in crimes against humanity\u201d.<\/p>
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\u2019s civil war from 1998-2002<\/a>.<\/p> Continue reading...<\/a>\n