CONVICTED WAR CRIMINAL LUBANGA ANNOUNCES NEW REBEL GROUP IN EAST CONGO.(PHOTO).

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 Convicted war criminal Lubanga announces new rebel group in east Congo A convicted war criminal based in Uganda has announced a new rebel movement intent on toppling the government in eastern Congo's Ituri province, creating another potential security threat in the war-scarred region, Reuters reported. The formation of the Convention for the Popular Revolution (CPR) by Thomas Lubanga, an Ituri native, comes as Congo's army faces an unprecedented advance by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels elsewhere in eastern Congo. The International Criminal Court secured its first conviction against Lubanga in 2012 on charges of recruiting child soldiers and sentenced him to 14 years in prison. He was released in 2020 and President Felix Tshisekedi appointed him to a task force to bring peace to Ituri. But in 2022 he was taken hostage for two months by a rebel group, which he blames on the government, and is now based in Uganda. In written responses to questions from Reuters, Lubanga said the CPR h...

TODAY FRIDAY,T.B JOSHUA'S APPLICATION TO STOP THE INQUEST OF HIS COLLAPSED BUILDING,WAS THROWN OUT OF COURT.

                                      The inquest T.B Joshua was trying to challenge was set up by the Lagos state Government to unravel the cause of the September 12,2014 building collapse which killed 116 people most of South African nationality.T.B Joshua had dragged the coroner court and the coroner,Mr Oyetade Komolafe,before Justice Okunnu of the Lagos High Court Ikeja,asking for a judicial review of the proceedings.In delivering her ruling,Justice Okunnu held that ''Although the coroner's court cannot be sued,Mr Oyetade Komolafe himself can be sued in his own capacity as a coroner.The court needed to resolve the issue whether the coroner has acted contrary to the rules of natural justice by not granting the applicants a fair hearing and whether he has exceeded the scope of a coroner's court.Sections 26 and 27 of the Coroners System Law of Lagos state 2007,empowered the coroner to summon any witness to assist him in his fact finding mission.There was nothing unsual in the summons extended to Joshua.I find therefore the present application,lacks merit and has failed in its entirely.It is accordingly dismissed''.

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