The two men are charged over their roles in the ongoing Central African Republic civil war, which has killed thousands and displaced over a million people since 2012.
Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona, a former Central African Republic militia leader, attends his war-crimes trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, on Tuesday. (Photo by ICC-CPI)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (CN) Two former Central African Republic militia leaders pleaded not guilty to dozens of charges of murder, torture and the destruction of religious sites at the start of their trial Tuesday before the International Criminal Court.
Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona and Alfred Yékatom were both present in the ICC’s courtroom in The Hague, where the prosecution outlined how they plan to connect the two men to violence in the landlocked African country between 2013 and 2014.
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