Overview

• Military auditor general Gen. Lucien René Likulia asked judges to condemn Kabila to death on treason and war‑crimes charges.
• The prosecution additionally sought 20 years for alleged apologetics for war crimes and 15 years for conspiracy.
• The charge sheet cites a plot to overthrow President Félix Tshisekedi and lists homicide, torture, rape, and the forcible occupation of Goma captured by M23 in January.
• Kabila is being tried in absentia over alleged support for the Rwanda‑backed M23, which he denies as politically driven, and his whereabouts remain unknown.
• No sentencing date has been set, and Congo reinstated the death penalty last year though no judicial executions have been carried out since.