Convicted Congolese war criminal Thomas Lubanga forms new rebel group in Ituri
Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga listens to the first verdict of the International Criminal Court on July 10, 2012 in The Hague, where he was sentenced to 14 years in prison for using child soldiers in his rebel army.
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.
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.
