ICC confirms charges against Congolese warlord "Terminator"

The International Criminal Court today confirmed that it had filed charges against former warlord Bosco Ntaganda, founder of the M23 rebel group who was dubbed "The Terminator", for war crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The judges "unanimously confirmed charges consisting in 18 counts of war crimes... And crimes against humanity," against Ntaganda, including rape, sexual slavery and conscription of child soldiers, the court based in The Hague said in a statement.