{"id":56100,"date":"2025-10-29T12:02:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T12:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kinshasa-prosecution-wants-soldier-sentenced-to-10-years-in-prison-for-kissing\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T12:07:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T12:07:13","slug":"kinshasa-prosecution-wants-soldier-sentenced-to-10-years-in-prison-for-kissing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kinshasa-prosecution-wants-soldier-sentenced-to-10-years-in-prison-for-kissing\/","title":{"rendered":"Kinshasa: Prosecution wants soldier sentenced to 10 years in prison for kissing while in military uniform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ebabi and her partner were preparing for their wedding, set for October 31, 2025. Ahead of the event, they visited \u2018Raw Studio\u2019 in Kinshasa to take photos and videos to commemorate the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>The DRC military arrested Ebabi on October 24 after a video showing her kissing her partner went viral on social media. She is currently being held at the Military Prosecutor&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution accuses Ebabi of tarnishing the image of the national army and violating military regulations. They argue that the incident, kissing while in uniform, was compounded by her alleged role in spreading the 25-second video.<\/p>\n<p>During proceedings at the Military High Court, Ebabi testified that the photographer from Raw Studio, Yannick Kayembe, admitted to posting the video and photos on his TikTok account to promote his work. <\/p>\n<p>She told the court president, \u201cThe crime is the photographer\u2019s, Mr. President. I didn\u2019t share the video.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The military prosecution, however, insists that Ebabi was responsible for posting the photos and videos and is requesting a 10-year prison sentence.<\/p>\n<p>The court\u2019s final decision is expected to be announced on the afternoon of October 29, 2025.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-96915 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/sarah-5-43419.jpg\" alt=\"The DRC military arrested Ebabi on October 24 after a video showing her kissing her partner went viral on social media. She is currently being held at the Military Prosecutor&#039;s office.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-96916 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ebabi-46985.jpg\" alt=\"The military prosecution in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is seeking a 10-year prison sentence for the soldier.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The military prosecution in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is seeking a 10-year prison sentence for warrant officer Sarah Ebabi, also known as Ebadjara, after she kissed her partner while in uniform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000096914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-56100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000096914,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mixcollage-29-oct-2025-11-09-am-8513.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mixcollage-29-oct-2025-11-09-am-8513.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mixcollage-29-oct-2025-11-09-am-8513.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mixcollage-29-oct-2025-11-09-am-8513.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mixcollage-29-oct-2025-11-09-am-8513.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mixcollage-29-oct-2025-11-09-am-8513.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000096914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56100"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=56100"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=56100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}