Democratic Republic of Congo
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The horrors of the war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo are well documented.
All too often we hear of militiamen inflicting atrocious crimes against helpless civilians - apparently with impunity.
But today in the Hague, two Congolese militia leaders accused of directing an attack on a village in 2003, in which more than 200 people were killed, have appeared at the International Criminal Court.
Their trial is only the ICC's second, and its first for murder, since opening as the world's first permanent and independent war crimes tribunal in 2002.
From the Hague, Geraldine Coughlan spoke to Paul Bakibinga.
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