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Wednesday 22 May 2013

Congo warlord to face ICC trial

Bosco Ntaganda is being flown to The Hague to face trial on charges of overseeing atrocities in DR Congo (AP)

Rwandan-born warlord Bosco Ntaganda is custody and is being flown to The Hague to stand trial on charges of overseeing atrocities in eastern DR Congo a decade ago, The International Criminal Court says.

Ntaganda was detained in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, where he surrendered to the US Embassy on Monday, the court said in a statement.

He faces charges including murder, rape, sexual slavery and using child soldiers in brutal fighting in the eastern Congo region of Ituri.

www.icc-cpi.int/EN_Menus (International Criminal Court)

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