Fatou Bensouda Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/fatou-bensouda/ The low down on African affairs Mon, 19 Nov 2018 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Fatou Bensouda Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/fatou-bensouda/ 32 32 Warlord turned MP extradited to the International Criminal Court https://jjcornish.com/2018/11/warlord-turned-mp-extradited-to-the-international-criminal-court/ Mon, 19 Nov 2018 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2018/11/warlord-turned-mp-extradited-to-the-international-criminal-court/ ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda says warlord-turned MP Alfred Yekatom must answer for his crimes against humanity in the Central African Republic. No date has been set for the hearing in The Hague of the man who was known as Rambo. Alfred Yekatom led a Christian militia called the Anti Balka against the Muslim Seleka rebels […]

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]]> ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda says warlord-turned MP Alfred Yekatom must answer for his crimes against humanity in the Central African Republic.

No date has been set for the hearing in The Hague of the man who was known as Rambo.

Alfred Yekatom led a Christian militia called the Anti Balka against the Muslim Seleka rebels who overthrew President Francois Bozize in 2013.

The rebels killed 20 South African soldiers acting as advisors to the Central African Republic President.

Yekatom gained notoriety as an MP when he fired a shot into the parliament in Bangui.

He’s facing charges of murder, deportation, persecution, torture and attacking civilians – all aimed at Muslims.

He’s also charged with recruiting child soldiers under 15-years-old

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