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Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde (C), president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Senate, speaks during plenary session devoted to voting on the lifting of former DRC President Joseph Kabila's immunities in Kinshasa on May 22, 2025. The Democratic Republic of Congo's Senate on May 22, 2025 voted to lift the immunity of ex-president Joseph Kabila, who the government accuses of supporting a Rwanda-backed militia in the mineral-rich east. By 88 ballots to five, the upper house backed exposing the 53-year-old to prosecution on charges of supporting the M23 armed group, which has seized swathes of the eastern DRC with Rwandan support. (Photo by Glody MURHABAZI / AFP) (Photo by GLODY MURHABAZI/AFP via Getty Images)