Congo militia leader ordered rapes, massacres: prosecutor
Source: Reuters
A Congolese militia leader widely known as "the Terminator" led fighters, including child soldiers, in a campaign of ethnically-motivated rape and murder, the International Criminal Court was told on Monday.
Prosecutors told judges that Bosco Ntaganda had committed the crimes while leading fighters of Hema ethnicity to drive ethnic Lendus out of the mineral-rich Ituri region in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo over a decade ago.
The allegations against Ntaganda were made at the opening of hearings seen as a test for the global legal institution after a string of troubled cases. Ntaganda could face life imprisonment if convicted and has yet to enter a plea.
"He played a key role in planning assaults against the civilian population in order to gain territory," Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda told judges who will decide if there is enough evidence for Ntaganda to stand trial.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/10/us-congo-warcrimes-icc-idUSBREA190WX20140210
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as represented by devils such as 'bosco' is truly depressing and there's no end in sight of 'leaders' rising up like he, exploiting the poverty, anger and post colonial chaos. It's just never going to stop. 
