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Hague Trial Begins for Congolese Warlords

HeadlineNov 25, 2009

At The Hague, a war crimes trial against two Congolese warlords has begun. Germain Katanga and Mathieu Chui are accused of directing a February 2003 attack on a village in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri region. It’s the court’s second case after the Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga went on trial earlier this year.

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