ICC to Put Congolese Warlord on Trial for War Crimes

Prosecutors have presented enough evidence to justify putting on trial a Congolese militia leader accused of rape, murder and enlisting child soldiers, judges at the International Criminal Court said on Monday. Bosco Ntaganda, widely known as “the Terminator,” surrendered to the U.S. embassy in the Rwandan capital Kigali in March and was transferred to the ICC in The Hague. Judges said in a statement there was sufficient evidence of his involvement to proceed to a...

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