Congo - Kinshasa
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- Republic
- CONSTITUTION
- February 18, 2006
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on the Belgian and French systems
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, composed of National Assembly and Senate
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Constitutional Court, Court of Appeal or Court of Cassation; Council of State; Martial Judicial System, military and civil courts
RELIGIONS
50% Catholics, 20% Protestants, 10% Kimbanguist, 10% Muslims, 10% animist minorities and other indigenous beliefs
From the country
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2024Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DR CONGO: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES 26 ARMED GROUP MEMBERS TO DEATH
A military court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on August 8, 2024 sentenced 26 people accused of involvement in armed groups, including the M23, to death after a high-profile trial that started late last month.
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYDR CONGO: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES 37 TO DEATH IN COUP TRIAL
A military court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has sentenced to death 37 people, including three United States citizens, on charges of taking part in a failed coup in May.
JULY 9, 2024Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYD R CONGO: TWO MORE SOLDIERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR FLEEING BATTLE
Two more solders have been sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo after they fled battles in conflict-torn North Kivu province, a military court said on July 5, 2024
JULY 8, 2024Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYDR CONGO: 25 SOLDIERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR FLEEING BATTLE
Twenty-five soldiers have been sentenced to death by a military tribunal in the Democratic Republic of Congo for fleeing battles against M23 rebels and theft, their lawyer and an army spokesman said on July 4, 2024.
- MAY 5, 2024Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DR CONGO: 8 TROOPS HANDED DESERTION DEATH SENTENCE
A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo's war-torn east on May 3, 2024 handed a death sentence to eight soldiers, including five officers, for desertion and cowardice when fighting M23 rebels.
- APRIL 15, 2024Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DRC: DEATH PENALTY FOR AN ARMY SERGEANT-MAJOR AFTER THE MURDER OF A PREGNANT WOMAN IN GOMA
A soldier from the army, Sergeant Major Serugo Buhera, on April 6, 2024 was sentenced to death for shooting and killing a pregnant woman, at the end of a summary trial at the military garrison tribunal of Goma, in the North Kivu province.
- OCTOBER 11, 2023Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DRC: LAWMAKER GETS DEATH SENTENCE OVER TREASON CHARGES
A Congolese military court sentenced a lawmaker to death on October 10, 2023 for treason and involvement with the M23 rebel movement, a verdict his lawyer denounced as based on "ethnic hatred."
- OCTOBER 4, 2023Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DR CONGO: ARMY OFFICER RECEIVES DEATH SENTENCE OVER PROTEST KILLINGS
A military court sentenced a DR Congo army officer to death and handed 10-year prison terms to three others on October 2, 2023 over the August killing of more than 50 protesters in the eastern city of Goma.
- AUGUST 8, 2023Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DRC: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING YOUNG GIRL
A Congolese woman on August 5, 2023 was sentenced to death for the murder of a girl whose mutilated body was found near a river in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
- AUGUST 2, 2023Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DRC: THE SOLDIER RESPONSIBLE FOR A FAMILY MASSACRE SENTENCED TO DEATH
A soldier was sentenced to death on July 26, 2023 for a family massacre that killed 13 people on July 22 in Ituri, in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- MAY 24, 2023Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DRC: KENYAN FUGITIVE HANDED DEATH SENTENCE
A Court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has sentenced Kenyan terror suspect Salim Mohammed, alias Chotora, to death.
APRIL 11, 2023Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYCONGO: SIX SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON OVER DEATH OF ITALIAN AMBASSADOR ATTANASIO
A Democratic Republic of Congo military court sentenced six men to life in prison over the death of the Italian ambassador, his bodyguard and driver, a lawyer said on 7 April 2023.