Content_paragraphs:  On 23 November, the Operational Military Court of North Kivu sentenced the 
  
  former NDC leader, Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka, to life imprisonment for war crimes, 
  
  including murder, rape, sexual enslavement and the recruitment of children 
  
  committed from 2007 to 2017 in Walikale territory. MONUSCO provided protection 
  
  to victims and witnesses and technical, logistical and financial support to judicial 
  
  authorities during joint investigations and the trial.