Overview

• Kabila was found guilty of high treason and war crimes by the Supreme Military Court, which ordered his immediate arrest and issued a non-appealable ruling as he remains in exile.
• The court also convicted him of praising crimes, conspiracy and planning a coup after a trial he did not attend and where he had no legal representation reported.
• Judges ordered $33 billion in damages to the state and to the eastern provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu.
• The case advanced after parliament lifted his lifetime senatorial immunity in May following his visit to M23-held Goma, with the in-absentia proceedings starting in July.
• Kabila rejects the accusations and his party says the prosecution is politically motivated, while the M23 insurgency that seized eastern territory this year is widely reported to receive support from Rwanda.