Court convicts Congo’s Ntaganda of war crimes - GulfToday

Court convicts Congo’s Ntaganda of war crimes

  • 08 Jul 2019
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Bosco Ntaganda stands in the courtroom of the ICC during his trial in the Hague. Eva Plevier/ Reuters

Judges at the International Criminal Court on Monday convicted Bosco Ntaganda, a former Congolese military leader, on charges of atrocities including murder, rape and conscripting child soldiers.

Ntaganda, 45, was convicted for acts committed while he was a leader of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) militia in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2002-2003.

Ntaganda’s sentence will be determined at a later hearing.

Reuters

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