Court convicts Congo’s Ntaganda of war crimes

Court convicts Congo’s Ntaganda of war crimes

by Joseph Anthony
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Congolese militia commander Bosco Ntaganda at his trial in The Hague

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 in 2002-2003.

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

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