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DR Congo Warlord Ordered to Pay Millions to Victims

Convicted warlord Bosco Ntaganda has been ordered by the International Criminal Court in The Hague to pay victims €25 million in compensation. Ntaganda used child soldiers and other civilians in the eastern part of the country in 2002-2003, and was convicted of rape, murder, and crimes against humanity while he was the head of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) militia. Thousands of people fled the region during this time, and hundreds died. The amount is the highest reparation ever ordered by the court. The judges asked the tribunal's Trust Fund for Victims to establish programs, including vocational training, to support victims of his crimes. They said Ntaganda, sentenced in 2019 to 30 years in prison, did not have the resources to pay the compensation himself.

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