Eugène Bakama
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While they have talked about rallying around a single leader to contest presidential elections later this year, squabbling has made consensus impossible.
Congo’s refusal to surrender rebel leader to ICC is huge blow for victims expecting justice and compensation.
Region’s troubles caused by internal and external factors – a solution must take both into account.
If no sustainable solution can be found, the region will always remain Congo’s Achilles’ heel.
Truth and reconciliation commission capable of revealing crimes committed in the east needs to be set up first.
Judges at the ICC wrestle with conflicting rights in the trial of Thomas Lubanga.
Some Congolese say a former president of the Central African Republic should have been indicted at the same time.
Conviction in murdered journalist case leaves many questions unanswered.
Regardless of whether Lubanga is tried in DRC, many here feel it’s time the ICC indicted bigger Congolese war crime suspects.