The Democratic Republic of Congo's former president Joseph Kabila has been sentenced to death in absentia. A local military court found Kabila guilty of including war crimes. Kabila ruled the DRC for 18 years following his father's assassination. His father Laurent-Désiré Kabila was a former rebel leader who helped to overthrow Mobutu Sese Seko in 1997. He served as President of the Democratic Republic of Congo until his assassination in 2001. Joseph Kabila has been shuttling between South Africa and Zimbabwe For the latest, Channel Africa Correspondent in the DRC, Jimmy Shukrani Bakonera

<p>The Democratic Republic of Congo's former president Joseph Kabila has been sentenced to death in absentia. A local military court found Kabila guilty of including war crimes. Kabila ruled the DRC for 18 years following his father's assassination. His father Laurent-D&eacute;sir&eacute; Kabila was a former rebel leader who helped to overthrow Mobutu Sese Seko in 1997. He served as President of the Democratic Republic of Congo until his assassination in 2001. Joseph Kabila has been shuttling between South Africa and Zimbabwe For the latest, Channel Africa Correspondent in the DRC, Jimmy Shukrani Bakonera</p>