The trial of the Congolese warlord Ntabo Ntaberi Cheka is underway in Goma, a provincial capital in the restive eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The trial has started on 24 November this year and is conducted by an operational military court. Cheka has been leading the Nduma Defense of Congo, or NDC, one of …
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