Arrested in March 2005 by the Congolese authorities and transferred to the ICC in March 2006, Thomas Lubanga became, in 2012, the first convicted by the ICC for “war crimes”, notably the recruitment of child soldiers. After serving a fourteen-year sentence, he was released in 2020. But today, a United Nations report published Wednesday January 8 accuses him of supporting and structuring armed groups active in eastern DRC. According to this document, the former militia leader joined the group and facilitated its alliance with the AFC-M23 coalition supported by Rwanda. What does this report reveal and what are its implications?
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DRC: a United Nations report accuses Thomas Lubanga of supporting armed groups in the east of the country
