This is the news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes. Is found guilty of war crimes the congolese rebel chief is going to break that up on sexual enslavement at the i. C. C. Also on the show. African leaders to launch their largest event in a while its worth 3. 00 trillion dollars by the fall of the afghan continental free trade deal benefits ordinary africans like you and me. Ahmed if i could julia your welcome to the show now hes been found guilty of madda rape and Sexual Slavery as head of a rebel army in the democratic republic of Congo International criminal court has convicted. Of 18 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes his
brutality and him the nickname the Terminator Gonda is only the 4th president to be convicted of war crimes by the i. C. C. He calls himself a revolutionary and a soldier but judges at the International Criminal court found bosco to gondor is a war criminal who both commanded and committed horrific acts against civilians and child soldiers is a
a crime against humanity to go on to lead a rebel army that fought in the gold rich the tour de region in the democratic republic of congo s north east in the early 2000 observers say tens of thousands of people suffered under his command human rights watch documented some of their stories. i was 11 years old we were playing when bosco tag on the soldiers abducted us and took us to him. we were tortured to toughen us up one. was brutal to me. he drew the lies me by raping me. and despite an international arrest warrant to gondo went on to become a general in the congolese army yet he lost power and in 2013 he surrendered himself to the i.c.c.