Focus on Africa
Ex-DRC president sentenced to death
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1 October 2025
30 minutes
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The former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo is sentenced to death in absentia for crimes against humanity, treason and backing the Rwandan-supported M23 rebels in eastern Congo. The court has ordered his arrest, but his whereabouts remain unknown We look at the man and his life.
Also in the programme: Officials in Namibia have deployed hundreds of soldiers to battle a fire that has ravaged a third of the key nature reserve, Etosha National Park.
And we speak to a woman who suffered a heart attack, and we find how such attacks can be prevented.
Presenter Nyasha Michelle
Producers: Yvette Twagiramariya, Mark Wilberforce and Ayub Ilia
Senior Producer: Sunita Nahar
Technical Producer: Philip Bull
Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi
