Mixed reactions continue to trail the acquittal of former Congolese vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba. Bemba’s convictions for war crimes and crimes against humanity were overturned by a majority at the
Mixed reactions trail Congolese warlord's conviction overturn
appeals chamber of the international criminal court in the Hague on Friday.
At the end of his original trial in 2016, the court had found the 55-year-old warlord guilty and ruled that he had commanded a militia that committed mass murder, rape and pillage in neighbouring
Central African Republic, between October 2002 and March 2003.