Gedeon Kyungu, leader of regional separatist group Bakata Katanga, a wanted warlord in south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has surrendered.
Haut Katanga, Governor Jean Claude Kazembe, on Wednesday confirmed that Kyungu turned himself in five years after he escaped from prison following his conviction for crimes against humanity.
The provincial governor said Kyungu surrendered with 100 of his fighters at a ceremony in the village of Malambwe.
Kazembe said that authorities have struggled for decades to end violence in the east, where militia groups have attacked civilians and plundered vast mineral resources.
