The US is seeking the swift transfer of a Congolese warlord from its embassy in Rwanda to a war crimes tribunal at The Hague for a trial that could help eastern Democratic Republic of Congo move towards peace.
Bosco Ntaganda, nicknamed the "Terminator", gave himself up to the US embassy in Kigali on Monday after a 15-year career that spanned a series of Rwandan-backed rebellions in eastern Congo.
He asked to be sent to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague where he faces war crimes charges.
"The US's top envoy to Africa, Johnnie Carson, has come out and said that international court officials are on their way to Kigali and he hopes they will be given access to the city," said Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshri, reporting from the Rwandan capital..............
FULL ARTICLE: US seeks transfer of Congolese warlord to ICC - Africa - Al Jazeera English
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