The International Criminal Court (ICC) today issued an arrest warrant for Sylvestre Mudacumura, the head of a Rwandan rebel group, as well as a second arrest warrant for Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda, for alleged war crimes committed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Both warrants are in response to requests submitted to the Court, which is based in The Hague, in May by the Office of the Prosecutor.
Mr. Mudacumura, 58, is the supreme commander of the Rwandan rebel group known as the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, also known by its French acronym FDLR. The group is the most recent incarnation of Rwandan rebel groups established by Rwandan Hutus responsible for the 1994 genocide of Tutsis and Hutu moderates in Rwanda and has been involved in crimes in eastern DRC for some time.
Mr. Mudacumura is suspected of committing war crimes, from 20 January 2009 to the end of September 2010, in the context of the conflict in the Kivus in eastern DRC. The Court considered that there are "reasonable grounds to believe that he is responsible for nine counts of war crimes, consisting of attacking civilians, murder, mutilation, cruel treatment, rape, torture, destruction of property, pillaging and outrages against personal dignity."
The ICC had already issued an arrest warrant six years ago for Mr. Ntaganda, currently a general in the DRC's national army, for three counts of war crimes allegedly committed against civilians in the Ituri region from 2002 to 2003. They are the enlistment of children under the age of 15, conscription of children under the age of 15, and using children under the age of 15 to participate actively in hostilities.
The new arrest warrant is an expansion of the previous one against Mr. Ntaganda, one of the top commanders in the militia led by Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, who was convicted in March by the ICC for crimes in DRC.
The Court considered that there are reasonable grounds to believe that Mr. Ntaganda is responsible for three counts of crimes against humanity, consisting of murder, rape and sexual slavery, and persecution.
In accordance with the arrest warrant, he allegedly bears individual criminal responsibility for four counts of war crimes consisting of murder, attacks against the civilian population, rape and sexual slavery, and pillaging.
The ICC is the first permanent international court set up to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression. In addition to the situation in DRC, the Court has ongoing investigations in the Central African Republic, the Darfur region of western Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Libya and Côte d'Ivoire.
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WHAT WE SEE HAPPENING INTHE FINACIAL SECTOR IS UNIMAGINABLE THE STAGGERTING AMMOUNTS OF MONEY BEING PLUNDERED IS MIND BOGGLEING. THE STANDARDS OF LIVING ARE BEING ERODED BY THESE CORRUPT MERCHANTS WHO MANIPULATE THE MARKETS FOR THIER OWN INTEREST THEY SET FRO THEMSELVES A FAIL SAFE SYSTEM WHERE THEY DO NOT LOSE THE MONEY IS BEING PAID BACK BY THE POOR PEOPLE ON THE PLANET. THE MONEY THEY GAMBLE WITH IS GIGANTIC WHEN THEY LOSE THEY SET PRICES TO COVER THE LOSSES THEN THEY PASS ON THE CHARGES WITH AUSTERITY AND ATND TAXES THAT ARE LEVIED ONTHE POOR. AFRICA STANDS THE MOST TO LOSE . IN THIS PARTICULAR ARAEA THE UN HAS MOVED NOT TO PREVENT CRISIS BUT TO PROTECT THE WESTERN MINING INETERST WHERE THEY EMPLOY SLAVE LABOUR TO CONTINUE TO ENRICH THEM. THOSE CRIMES ARE WAY BIGGER THAN ANY THING THESE PEOPLE ARE PERPETRATING . WHAT WE ALSO HAVE LEARNED THAT THESE SOLDIERS ARE BEING ACCEPTED IN SOME OF THE AREAS THAT THEY ENTER . THEY ARE SEEN AS LIBERATORS NOT PILLAGERS AS WHAT IS BEING PROPOGATED BY THE WEST. WE ARE HEARING THAT THESE ARE PROFESSIONAL SOLDIERS FAR FDROM THE RAG TAG BUNCH OF RAPIST AND DRUNKARDS RUNNING WILD WITH FUNS. THEY ARE SO PROFESSIONAL THAT THE CONGOLESE ARMY HAS DEFECTED IN THE SIGHT OF BATTLE SO AFRICANS SHOULD REJECT THE FALSE INTERFERING TRICKERY THAT IS BEING USED AS ALLEGATIONS; TO INTERFERE AND TAKE AWAY WHAT WOULD BE SEEN AS DEFENDERS OF THE PEOPLE. WHILE EMPOWERING THEMSELVES IN THE MINERAL RICH AREAS. THE PROBLEMS STARTED WITH US TROOPS BEING INTRODUCED INTO AFRICA ;ALSO WHAT THEY GAINING FROM THESE ALLEGATIONS IS TO OUTLAW STRONG INDEPENDENT YOUNG BLACK MAN WHO ARE NT BEING SEDUCED BY THE CORRUPTION AND DECIET THAT IS BEING USED BY THE UN AND THIER WESTERN BOSSES. WE HAVE THESE MILITARY COLONIALIST THAT WANTS TO TAKE UP GOVERNANCE OVER CERTAIN ARAES IN AFRICA . THEY DO THESE THINSG WITH STEALTH AND BRIBERY CORRUPTION IS THIER MOST EFFECTIVE TOOLS. WE HAVE DUNCES WHO PUT THEMSELVES IN POWER AND SELL THE PEOPLE OUT FOR ALWAYS A PIECE OF BREAD. THEY DONT EVEN RECOGNISE THAT THE BREAD IS THIERS THE LOAF BELONGS TO THEM INSTEAD THEY SETTLE FOR A SINGLE SLICE. I CERRTAINLY HOPE THAT THE AFRICAN UNION INTRODUCES ARTICLES OF LAWS THAT ARE BINDING FOR ALL STATES THAT THEY HAVE TO WHEN MAKING ANY DEAL WITH CORPORATIONS THAT IT IS IOVERSTOOD WITH EYE CRYSTAL CLARITY THAT THESE MINERALS CAN BE MINED AT INTERNATIONAL LEVELS THE PEOPLE MUST EARN $10-15.00 US PER I HRS. THERE MUST BE REGULATED WITH PROPER MINING EQUIPMENTS ALSO THERE MUST BE APPROPRIATE EQUAL AMMOUNTS OF INDEGINOUS ENGINEERS AT ALL LEVELS AND SHOULD THERE BE A LACK OF SUCH THEN THERE SHOULD BE OJT ; 2ON THE JOB TRAINING". THE EVENTUALITY MUST THAT THERE ALSO BE MONEY PAID FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREAS WITH SCHOOLS OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS HOSPITALS ELECTRICITY RUNNING WATER.THERE MUST BE CLEAR TRANSFORMATION FOR AFRICAS DEVELOPMENT TO BE ON PAR WITH MODERNITY. THERE CAN NO LONGER BE THE STEALTH PIRATING OF MINERALS AND OTHER RESOURCES AT MINIMUM VALU I ALSO SUGGETS THE AU STES GUIDELINES THAT ALL MINERAL RICH NATIONS THAT ARE FULLY DEVELOPED DO WHAT IS CALLED PROBONO WORK TOP EMPLOY THIER KNWOLEDGE TO THOSE WHO NEED INFRASTRUCTURAL WORKS. THIRE ARE FIFTY OD STATES THERE MUST BE PARITY AND THIER MUST BE A TRUE AFRICAN MONETARY SYSTEM" THAT IS AVAILABLE TO ALL AFRICAN NATIONS WHERE THIS BANK IS NOT CONNECTED TOINTERNATIONAL SWINDLERS BUT AN AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM THAT WILL SAVE THE CONTINENTS MONEYAND CAN RESCUE ALL NATIONS AT ANYTIME WITH VERY LITTLE OR NO INTEREST . WE ARE NOT BROTHERS IF YOU TRYING TO EARN OFF ME ; THIS SHOULD BE A FAMILY BANK WORTHY BANK OF INTEGRITY A BANK OF RIGHTEOUSSNESS. AFRICA MUST BE AWARE OF ALL THE CORRUPTION THAT IS SUFFERING THE WEST. "WHAT YOU SOW IS WHAT YOU REAP" "DO NOT FORGET ALL THE LESSONS OF OUR WIZE KINGS OF ANTIQUITY THOSE OF RICH BLOOD FROM DAYS OF OLD THOSE WE HAVE READ OF IN THE HOLY BIBLE THE QUARAAN" ALL THE LESSONS THEY TAUGHT THEY WERE GIVEN INSIGHT BY "ONE WHOM IS MOST WIZE SEER AND KNOWER OF ALL THINGS" ALL THESE THINSG ARE COMMING TO FRUITION AND ARE RELEVENT IN THESE TIMES." I SUGGEST TO ALL AFRICAN LEADERS TO SIT DOWN AND "READ THE QUARAAN AND ALL LEADERS TO READ THE BIBLE". "BOTH THESE BOOKS ARE OF AFRICAN RELIGIOUS CULTURAL IMPORTANTS TO ALL AFRICANS. "THESE ARE THE TWO BOOKS THAT ARE A CONTIUATION OF THE TRUTH THAT WAS DECREED TO US OVER OUR LONG AND ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY". 'WE MUST TRULY ENRICH THE STRENGTHS OS EACH OTHER "WE MUST NOT FACILITTATE WEAKNESSES BUT STRENGTHS" TO SEEK DEPENDENCE OUT SIDE THE AFRICAN COMMUNITY IS BREAKING THE STRONG BONDS THAT IS NECESARRYTO BUILD A ROBUST CONTINENT FREE OF THE WEAKNESSES OF THE WEST. WE MUST USE AS A LESSON WHAT THEY DID IN AFRICA THE ENSLAVEMENTS THE MASS MURDERS RAPES KIDNAPPINGS TORTURES AMPUTATIONS DISFIGUREMENTS THE BRAIN WASHINGS THE ENOURMOUS AMMOUNTS OF LIES THEY HAVE TOLD AND ARE STILL TELLING!!!!." THEY HAVE NOT CHANGED IN OVER 500 YEARS 'AND WHAT EVER IS GOING ON WITH THEM IS ALL COMMING BACK TO BITE THEM. THEY HAVE BUILT THIER WORLD ON CRIMINALITY AND STILL DOING SO. WE MUST EB CLEAR ON THIS THERE IS NO EXCUSINGH WHAT THEY DID TO AFRICA. WE WONT WATSE TIME IN SEEKING REVENGE AS WE WACTH THEM FALL IN TO DESPAIR DAILY , IT IS IMPORTANT THAT AFRICANS RECOGNISE THAT YOU CAN NOT LIVE WITH IMPUNITY . TRUTH HONESTY AND RIGHTEOUSNESS IS THE ONLY WAY FORWARD. WE MUST LIVE IN PEACE HARMONY AND MOST OF ALL UNITY. THE LINK THAT BINDS US MUST BE REAL MUST HAVE THE STRENGTH TO WITHSTAND THE WICKEDNESS OF THOSE WHO WISHES US ILL WILL. WE MUST SEE TRUTH FOR WHAT IT IS AND NOT BEWCOME SEDUCED BY THOSE WHOM WE KNOW TO BE LAIRS. WHEN DOES A LIAR AND A THIEF CHNAGE THIER WAYS? WE MUST DEAL WITH THOSE KINDS OF PEOPLE WITH LIMITED CONNECTIVITY. THEY WILL TRY TO FORCE THEMSELVES UPON YOU USING ALL TYPES OF TRICKS BUT IT IS UP TO AFRICA TO SEEK TO DO WHAT THIER VISION THIER RIGHTEOUSS MIND DIRECTS THEM TO DO." SHOULD WE STOP THINKING ALONG THE SAME LINES AS THOSE WHO ARE TRICKSTERS DECEIVERS THOSE WHOSE ONLY WAYS ARE THE SELFISH DESIRES OF THEMSELVES. "SHOULD WE ABAONDON THIER SCHOOL OF THOUGHT AND INSTITUTE A PROUD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL WHERE ALL OUR CHILDREN READ' THE ARTICLES OF HUMAN RIGHST THAT APPLIES TO AFRICA "WE WOULD TRULY HAVE A UNITED CONTINENT". THE IDEOLOGY IS TO HAVE "AFRICA UNITED". THE SEPERATISM THE SECTARIANISM WIDE DIVISIONS THAT THE FORMER IMPERIALIST USED TO DIVIDE WHAT WAS ALWAYS A UNITE AFRICA. THE FURTHER YOU GO INTO TIME YOU WILL RECOGNISE THAT ALL AFRICA WAS ONE . WHEN WE GO TO THE BEGINNING WE WILL ALSO FIND THAT" WE WERE ONE WE WERE ALWAYS ONE". TODAY WE MUST IGNORE THE LINES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT BEFORE US W MUSE COME OUT THE BOX SOMETHING I HAVE BEING SAYING FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. "OUT SIDE THE BOX IS WHAT WE MUST DO. "FOLLOW THRU WITH OUR AIMS AND DESTINY". "THEY HAVE COME INTO AFRICA CHANGED OUR RELIGIONS CHANGED OUR NAMES AND WANT TO RULE OPVER US STILL TODAY'. "WE MUST TAKE RIGHT FROM WRONG PICK SENSE FROM NON SENSE". THIER MEDIA WILL ALWAYS BE USED TO PROPOGATE THIER LIES AND PROPOGANDA, THEY WILL BE A SOURCE OF RUMOURS BLATANT LIES MISDIRECTIONS. WE MUST BUILD STRONG MEDIAS FOR AFRICANS WITH OUT BIAS WITHOUT ETHINICITIES SECTARIANISM OR ANY DIVISIONS AT ALL WE ARE A TODAY AFRICA' ONE FILLED WITH MULTICULTURAL AND DIFFERNCES BUT THE BLOOD LINE IS STILL THE SAME" ; "THERE IS DILUTED BLOOD LINES BUT THE STRENGTH OF THE ORIGINAL BLOOD LINE IS MUCH TOO STRONG TO BE DISMISSED". "AFRICA IS WAS THE BIRHT PLACE OF ONE HUMANITY THIS IS SOEMTHING THAT MUST BE TAUGHT. "SCIENCE HAS PROVEN WITHOUT DOUBT THAT WE HAVE FATHERED ALL OPF MAN."WE MUST STAND UP LIKE THE TRUE TITANS THAT WE ARE!!!!!!