The high-profile treason trial of Joseph Kabila, former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), began on Friday ...

The long-anticipated treason trial of former Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila began Friday in a military ...

The treason trial of the former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, has begun in a military court ...

Former Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila went on trial in absentia Friday on charges including treason ...

A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has opened the trial of former President Joseph Kabila, who stands ...

Former Democratic Republic of Congo leader Joseph Kabila went on trial in absentia Friday on charges including treason over ...

The 53-year-old led DR Congo for 18 years, after succeeding his father Laurent, who was shot dead in 2001. Joseph Kabila was ...

Joseph Kabila was literally born into his father's revolution, up in the rebel maquis, or stronghold, called Hewa Bora, in the eastern Congolese region known as Fizi-Baraka, along Lake Tanganyika.

Kabila's political protégé, prime minister Patrice Lumumba is believed killed during a coup led by Mobutu Sese Seko, then the country's military chief.