
Bosco Ntaganda sentenced to 30 years for crimes in DR Congo
It is the longest sentence ever to be handed down by the ICC
The International Criminal Court has handed down the Congolese warlord, Bosco Ntaganda, a thirty year sentence for crimes against humanity. He was convicted in July on multiple counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity including murder, rape, sexual slavery and using child soldiers. The forty-six year-old rebel leader was involved in armed conflicts in both the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. It was at the US embassy in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, that he surrendered himself, back in 2013.
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(Picture: Former Congolese militia leader Bosco Ntaganda in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague Credit: Peter DEJONG / AFP)
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