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| Map of DR Congo |
Former Congolese Warlord Thomas
Lubanga, serving a jail term for crimes against humanity wants to be released
from prison early to study the causes of ethnic conflict.
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| Thomas Lubanga |
Speaking at a hearing at the
Hague, Lubanga who was sentenced to 14 years in prison by the International
Criminal Court for using child soldier and raping girls said he wanted to
return to DR Congo and pursue a doctoral thesis in the city of Kisangani, to
identify a new form of sociology to help “tribal groups to live together in
harmony”. Lubanga who led one side during fighting between two Congolese
communities, was the first person to be convicted by the ICC, in 2012.
He is eligible for release
after serving two-thirds of his sentence. He has been in custody since being
arrested in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2005.
It will be recalled that
Lubanga led a militia in the gold-rich Ituri region of DR Congo during a
conflict between the Hema and Lendu communities, in which an estimated 50,000
people died and hundreds of thousands were made homeless.
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