Monday, March 18, 2013

Congolese Warlord Of M23 Surrenders At US Embassy In Rwanda



Embassy Surrender Is End Of Line For Congo's "Terminator" -- Reuters

It was a surprisingly meek end of a career for "The Terminator", one of the world's most wanted war crime fugitives.

Bosco Ntaganda, the Rwandan-born Tutsi rebel sought by the International Criminal Court (ICC) and an alleged leader of the M23 revolt in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, walked into the U.S. embassy in Rwanda on Monday and handed himself over, the U.S. government said.

A State Department spokeswoman said he asked to be taken to the ICC in The Hague. It was an unexpected move by an elusive insurgent chief whose name was widely feared in the Great Lakes borderlands region that has long been a tinderbox of brutal ethnic and political conflict fuelled by mineral riches.

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More News On Congolese Warlord Bosco Ntaganda Surrendering At The US Embassy In Rwanda

Report offers clues to Rwandan warlord’s sudden surrender at U.S. Embassy
-- Max Fisher, Washington Post
Warlord surrenders: Congolese warlord surrenders at US Embassy in Rwanda -- Christian Science Monitor
Wanted Congolese Rebel Leader Turns Himself In to U.S. Embassy -- New York Times
Wanted DR Congo rebel surrenders to US embassy in Kigali -- AFP
Warlord Bosco Ntaganda hands himself in at US embassy in Rwanda -- The Guardian
Bosco Ntaganda: Wanted Congolese in US mission in Rwanda -- BBC
Fugitive M23 leader Ntaganda 'surrenders'
-- Al Jazeera
Who are DR Congo's M23 rebels? -- Al Jazeera
Profile: Bosco Ntaganda
-- Al Jazeera

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