Gédéon Kyungu Mutanga

Who is Gédéon Kyungu Mutanga?

Gédéon Kyungu Mutanga is a leader of the Mai Mai Kata Katanga militia group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that operates in central Katanga in the so called 'triangle of death'. On 16 May 2006 he was detained. In 2009 he and his wife were convicted for committing crimes against humanity during and after the Second Congo War. Gédéon was sentenced to death. On 7 September 2011 he escaped from a prison in Lubumbashi after members of his militia opened fire on prison guards. Authorities of the Katanga province offered a US$100,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. After his escape from prison, he formed the Mai Mai Kata Katanga.