ICC gives ‘Terminator’ DRC warlord its harshest sentence yet
Bosco Ntaganda was sentenced to 30 years for war crimes and crimes against humanity, including massacres of villagers and sexual slavery
07 November 2019 - 16:59
The Hague — The International Criminal Court (ICC) sentenced Congolese rebel chief Bosco “Terminator” Ntaganda to 30 years in jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity on Thursday, the highest ever penalty issued by the tribunal.
Ntaganda was convicted in July of offences including murder, sexual slavery and using child soldiers in a mineral-rich region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the early 2000s...
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