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‘Terminator’ warlord terrorised DR Congo, court told

– Breaking his silence –

During the opening two-day session, Bensouda is to present the prosecution’s opening arguments, after which the victims’ lawyers and the defence will address the court.

Ntaganda is also due to make a statement – breaking his silence for the first time publicly since he unexpectedly turned himself in two years ago.

Eastern DR Congo has been mired for two decades in ethnically-charged wars, as rebels battle for control of its rich mineral resources.

The wars brought in the armies of at least six African nations, leaving an estimated at least three million dead in one of the world’s deadliest recent conflicts.

Despite protesting his innocence, prosecutors say the feared rebel commander played a central role in the Ituri conflict which rights groups believe alone left some 60,000 dead since 1999.

Ntaganda “recruited hundreds of children… and used them to kill and to die in the fighting,” Bensouda told reporters on Tuesday ahead of the trial opening.

Girl soldiers were “routinely raped,” the prosecutor added.

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