By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on 7info
A military court sentenced 66 members of the armed forces to death on Friday 6 November 2026, after twelve days of trial. According to 7info, the verdict concerns soldiers accused of having fled the front.
According to a tally reported by the press, Congolese military justice has sentenced at least 507 soldiers since 2025, including 381 to death, following eight major trials. The latest ruling, of 6 November, sentenced 66 soldiers to death in Walikale, North Kivu, by the military court of the Goma garrison.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: 24 Heure Info ·
A military court in Walikale, North Kivu, has sentenced 66 soldiers of the Congolese army to death for cowardice, mutiny and refusal to obey orders, according to the BBC. Four of the 71 servicemen tried were acquitted and another was given 10 years in prison.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: BBC ·
At least 67 soldiers of the Armed Forces of DR Congo have been sentenced to death by the garrison military court of Goma, sitting in Walikale, North Kivu, for cowardice, mutiny and refusal to obey orders, according to Major Dieudonné Kasereka of the 34th Military Region, cited by Kivu Morning Post. Other tolls put the number of convictions at 66. Four soldiers, including a captain, were acquitted.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Kivu Morning Post ·
General François Kamanzi, an officer in the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was reportedly detained on 8 November in northern Republic of the Congo while on the run. Kinshasa authorities suspect him of having worked for Joseph Kabila, according to Les Echos du Congo-Brazzaville.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Les Echos du Congo-Brazzaville ·
Ebola: contract-free workers in Butembo demand better allowancesWorkers at the Ebola treatment and transit centres in Butembo, Katwa and Musienene denounce allowances below the ministry’s scale and the absence of an official contract after four months of activity. According to their letter of 9 November, two earlier letters went unanswered, and their dry strike is due to begin on 12 November.
Cameroon candidates: minimum age 23 and six months' residenceCameroon’s Electoral Code requires candidates in the municipal elections to be at least 23 years old, to have effectively resided in the commune for at least six months and to have a command of French or English. Applied to the letter, these rules could weigh on the 7 February 2027 contest, according to Camer.be.The week in Africa
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