Militia leader arrested
Publish date: 01 June 2020
Issue Number: 875
Diary: IBA Legalbrief Africa
Category: DRC
DRC authorities have arrested a militia leader who is one of the main suspects in the murder of two UN experts in 2017. BBC News reports that he has been identified as Trsor Kankonde. A US national, Michael Sharp, and a Chilean-born Swede, Zaida Catalan, were murdered while investigating human rights abuses in the Kasai Region. Kinshasa has blamed the killings on the militia.