KIGALI – Congo’s warlord Laurent Nkunda may be transferred from Rwanda to a third neutral country while the two African nations resolve outstanding legal issues regarding his fate, officials in the great lakes nations said.
The Democratic Republic of Congo wants Nkunda extradited for crimes committed during a brutal five-year rebellion in its east, during which he captured swathes of territory and threatened the regional capital Goma.
But, Rwanda say their national laws prevent them from handing over someone to a country where they may be sentenced to death, according to a joint statement by the two countries.
Last month, Nkunda’s lawyer filed an unsuccessful law suit in Rwanda seeking the rebel’s release saying he was being held illegally.
– Nampa-Reuters
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