Bosco Ntaganda Attacked Civilians on Ethnic Grounds, ICC Prosecutor Says | |
Congo News Agency - February 10, 2014 | |
Former warlord Bosco Ntaganda attacked civilians because of their ethnicity in northeastern Congo's Ituri region, prosecutors said on Monday during a confirmation of charges hearing at the International Criminal Court. Ntaganda “persecuted civilians on ethnic grounds, through deliberate attacks, forced displacement, murder, rape, sexual enslavement and pillaging,” Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda told pre-trial judges in The Hague. | |
M23 Rebels Kill, Rape Civilians in Eastern Congo: Human Rights Watch | |
Human Rights Watch - July 22, 2013 | |
M23 rebels have summarily executed at least 44 people and raped at least 61 women and girls since March 2013 in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Local residents and rebel deserters reported recent forced recruitment of men and boys by the M23 in both Rwanda and Congo. | |
Bosco Ntaganda in the International Criminal Court's custody | |
International Criminal Court - March 22, 2013 | |
Bosco Ntaganda, against whom the International Criminal Court has issued two arrest warrants, surrendered himself voluntarily and is now in the ICC’s custody. Bosco Ntaganda is currently escorted by an ICC delegation that has left Kigali heading to the ICC detention centre in The Hague. | |
Warlord Bosco Ntaganda Turns Himself In at US Embassy in Rwanda | |
Congo News Agency - March 18, 2013 | |
The US said on Monday that warlord Bosco Ntaganda has turned himself in at its embassy in Kigali and asked to be transferred to the International Criminal Court, where he is wanted on seven counts of war crimes and three counts of crimes against humanity. | |
The M23 Rebels Want to Overthrow Kabila? Nonsense | |
Congo News Agency - November 28, 2012 | |
The M23 rebels say they want to “liberate” DR Congo. They say they will take their fight thousands of miles westward to the capital Kinshasa if necessary. The M23 want to overthrow Kabila? Nonsense. It could be argued that Rwanda and Uganda have never had, and will likely never have, a better friend in power in Kinshasa than Mr. Kabila. | |
DR Congo, Rwanda Sign Pact to Fight Rebels in Eastern Congo | |
Congo News Agency - July 15, 2012 | |
DR Congo’s President Joseph Kabila and Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame have endorsed a pact seeking the creation of a new military force comprised of soldiers from “neutral” countries to fight and “eradicate” the armed groups operating in eastern Congo, including the M23 rebels led by warlord Bosco Ntaganda and the Rwandan rebels of the FDLR. | |
Kagame Is A Problem for The U.S. and The U.K. | |
Congo News Agency - June 23, 2012 | |
Rights groups are increasingly appalled at the support Mr. Kagame has continued to receive from those who claim to be the leading defenders of human rights around the world, while at the same time providing support and cover for a man many consider a dictator involved in war crimes across the border in eastern Congo. | |
US blocking UN report on Ntaganda rebels, Human Rights Watch says | |
BBC News - June 21, 2012 | |
The US is covering up information about rebels led by a man wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court, Human Rights Watch has said. The global watchdog says Washington is blocking publication of a UN inquiry into rebels led by Bosco Ntaganda in the Democratic Republic of Congo. | |
Congo Government Says Bosco Ntaganda Rebels Trained in Rwanda | |
Congo News Agency - June 10, 2012 | |
The Congolese government has confirmed reports by the United Nations mission in DR Congo and Human Rights Watch that former rebels led by wanted war crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda have received reinforcements from Rwanda. | |
Congo Army Advances On Rebels Holdout, Says Official | |
Peter Clottey/VOA News - June 5, 2012 | |
Information minister Lambert Mende says the national army is crushing the rebellion by renegade soldiers loyal to General Bosco Ntaganda. “The army is advancing and they are doing very well. And we hope that in the hours or days to come, the job will be finished. I think everything will be done very soon,” said Lambert Mende. |