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The trial of former Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala over atrocities committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo's bloody eastern conflict more than two decades ago opened in Paris Wednesday ...

Lumbala, 67, is accused of complicity in crimes against humanity for his role during the 1998-2003 Second Congo War, which saw more than a half-dozen African nations drawn into the globe's deadliest ...

PARIS — Former Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala goes on trial in Paris Wednesday over atrocities committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo's bloody eastern conflict more than two decades ago.

DRC warlord Roger Lumbala, here pictured in 2013, has to stand trial in Paris, accused of crimes against humanity. The trial of former Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala over atrocities committed in ...

DRC warlord Roger Lumbala, here pictured in 2013, has to stand trial in Paris, accused of crimes against humanity. Roger Lumbala Tshitenga, 67, is accused of complicity in crimes against humanity for ...

The United Nations suspects Roger Lumbala's militia of cannibalism and targeting ethnic pygmies - Copyright AFP/File ISAAC KASAMANI The United Nations suspects Roger ...

Former Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala Wednesday said France's judiciary was not competent to try him as he went on trial in Paris over atrocities in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo more ...