3 Notorious African War Criminals

1. Joseph Kony

In 2005, Joesph Kony was prosecuted on 12 counts of crimes against humanity, 21 counts of war crimes all in regards to Uganda. Kony started as the commander-in-chief of the Lords Resistance Army. While in charge, Kony was the leader of many gruesome and horrific acts such as, murder, rape, abduction, burning villages, forcing children into sex slavery and making them fight as child soldiers. Currently, he is at large,with whereabouts unknown.

2. Jean-Pierre Bemba

Indicted in May of 2008, Jean-Pierre Bemba was brought into the International Criminal Court on 2 counts of crimes against humanity and 4 counts of war related crimes, all committed in the Central African Republic. One month later, Bemba was charged with 3 more counts of crimes against humanity and another 5 counts on war crimes. This supposed leader of the Movement for the Liberation of the Congo was said to be behind multiple rapes, different types of torture, and multiple pillages of various towns and villages. His trial begun in November of 2010, and has yet to cease.

3. Ahmed Haroun

Here's a bad one. Ahmed Haroun stood in front of the International Criminal Court on 20 counts of crimes against humanity and 22 counts on war crimes. Haroun was allegedly said to have been in charge of operations affiliated with the Sudanese military while he was Minister of State in the Darfur Region. The citizens in said region were exposed to various inhumane acts such as, forcible transfer, imprisonment, torture, and sexual abuse. After Haroun's trial, he continued doing illegal work with the Sudanese Military and was later on appointed Governor of South Kordofan. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_indicted_in_the_International_Criminal_Court
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http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/joseph-kony-search-dropped-us/2013/04/04/id/497831/
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http://www.factibus.com/factibus/Jean-Pierre_Bemba/chronologie.html
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http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?mot594
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Introductory

African Soliders

      
        War Crimes are defined as crimes that are committed against international rules of war. Most common crimes committed in Africa are done by military rebels that do not feel the need to abide by the law; powerful leaders trying to run their countries the way they want, and not the way that is suggested. In this blog, I hope to shed some light on a few events that have occurred in Africa, pertaining to different army groups that have made history in some gruesome and horrific ways. 

Victims of Sexual Abuse

                              

      Rebels are one of the worst known source of war crimes. There was an instance in 1991 where a nineteen year old woman met up with a group of rebels led by an evil man nicknamed "Mosquito". She mentions how it was him and nine other men. He raped her, and then instructed his men to do the same. They left her, used and broken. It caused her so much physical and emotional trauma. Her husband called her barren, and doesn't even want her anymore. Unfortunately, this is only one of many stories to be shared. Hundreds of women went through horrors like this. This case took place in Sierra Leone, at the beginning of their ten year civil war. A breeding ground for destruction.


http://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/january-2005/sexual-violence-invisible-war-crime
(photo 2 and information credited to this site)