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Felix Tshisekedi may have clinched DRC's presidency but the road ahead won't be a smooth one.
It's been an eventful year for the Democratic Republic of Congo as the country prepares for elections.
Jean-Pierre Bemba is a man with a past. Once accused of crimes against humanity, he is now making a play for the DRC's presidency.
Sexual violence, a staple of war, has long been absent from international criminal law’s charge sheets.
Acts of rape and sexual slavery committed by members of a Congolese armed group against other members are war crimes within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.
Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo has been convicted for crimes of sexual violence during war in the Central African Republic. It's a significant case, but not the historic victory it's been hailed as.
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