By Solomon Tembang Mforgham, AfricaNews reporter in Limbe, Cameroon.
Jean-Pierre Bemba, the former vice president of the DR Congo, is to face war-crimes charges in front of the International Criminal Court for alleged atrocities committed from October 2002 to March 2003, the court ruled on Monday. He faces three counts of war crimes and two against humanity.
According to the ICC the charges relate to the actions of his troops in neighboring Central African Republic. The troops have been accused of rape, murder and pillaging. However, Bemba has refuted the charges. He claimed the troops were not under his command after they had crossed the border.
Bemba led a rebel movement during DR Congo’s long civil war but became vice-president under a peace deal. He is the most high-profile of four Congolese warlords facing trial at the ICC.
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