Congo court issues another death sentence

A civil court in Congo handed down another death sentence to two young Norwegian men charged with murdering their taxi driver last year. Foreign Ministry officials will try to get the men extradited home to Norway. Joshua French and Tjostolv Moland have been held in a military prison in Kisangani since fleeing the murder scene [...]

New trial underway in Congo

Two Norwegians sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo were back in court on Tuesday, after appealing their earlier convictions. Prosecutors once again made it clear they would seek a new death sentence. Norwegians Joshua French (right) and Tjostolv Moland (left, in Fotoglif photo at their appeals court trial in December) have been [...]

New Congo murder trial postponed

Two Norwegians jailed on murder charges in the Democratic Republic of Congo will have to wait even longer for a new trial. They won an appeal to the country’s supreme court last month, but a new civilian trial ordered by the high court has been postponed. Tjostolv Moland and Joshua French were reported to be [...]

Death sentences thrown out in Congo

Two young Norwegian men sentenced to death by military courts in Congo have won their appeal to the country’s high court. It ordered a new trial for the two men, who face charges of murder and spying. The two Norwegians, Tjostolv Moland and Joshua French, have spent nearly a year in prison in the Democratic [...]

Norwegians held in Congo lose appeal

A military appeals court in the Democratic Republic of Congo Thursday upheld a lower court’s convictions of two young Norwegian men charged with murder, spying and a long list of other offenses. Both men were sentenced to death once again, and now plan an appeal to Congo’s highest court. Tjostolv Moland, age 28, and Joshua [...]

Doomed Norwegians may drop appeal

Two young Norwegian men imprisoned in the Democratic Republic of Congo are considering dropping appeals of death sentences they were handed last month. Now they reportedly only want to seek a means of being returned to Norway, either to undergo an appeals trial in their homeland or remain imprisoned. Tjostolv Moland, age 28 from Aust-Agder [...]

Norway protests death sentences

Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre was on the phone to his counterpart in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday, expressing Norway’s strong opposition to death penalties in general and now in the case of those handed out in Congo to two Norwegian men convicted on charges including murder. Tjostolv Moland, age 28 from [...]

Norwegians sentenced to death

Two young Norwegian men were sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, convicted of murder, attempted murder and spying. Both men, former Norwegian soldiers, planned an immediate appeal. Tjostolv Moland (at left in photo) , age 28 from Aust-Agder, and Joshua French (right) , age 27 from Vestfold, were arrested last [...]

Two Norwegians on trial in Congo reportedly forced out of the military

Two young Norwegian men charged with murder and spying in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were forced out of military service in Norway, reports newspaper Aftenposten. The two men, who face death sentences in Congo, were carrying expired military ID cards when arrested last spring. The mystery surrounding Joshua French and Tjostolv Moland seemed [...]