On March 21, 2016, the International Criminal Court (ICC) found Congolese rebel leader turned politician Jean-Pierre Bemba guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. After holding Bemba in ...

Former warlord and ex-vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday after spending more than 10 years behind bars in The Hague for war crimes. Bemba, 55, ...

The four-year-long trial of former Congolese Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba is finally wrapping up in The Hague. But the story is not over. ICC judges want another trial, this time targeting both ...

Bemba joined Congo’s presidential race last month after being acquitted at the Hague of war crimes committed by the Movement for the Liberation of the Congo (MLC) troops sent to the neighboring ...

The International Criminal Court in The Hague sentenced former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba to 18 years in prison for the murder, rape and pillaging committed by his troops in Central ...

KINSHASA, Congo – Congo's former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba returned to the country on Wednesday to register as a presidential candidate in December's long-delayed election, more than a decade ...

(Adds Bemba quotes) By Joe Bavier KINSHASA, March 30 (Reuters) - Congo ex-warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba, accused of treason after his militia fought government forces, is due to travel to Portugal this ...

Mr. Bemba, who was acquitted of war crimes in June, must pay €300,000 and has been barred from running in the presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo. By Reuters The court also ...

Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo appears before the International Criminal Court in June 2016. (Photo via ICC-CPI) THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court on Monday rejected a ...