Katanga found guilty over war crimes
Congolese warlord found guilty at International Criminal Court of being an accessory to war crimes
Germain Katanga appears on a monitor in the press room of the International Criminal Court in The Hague yesterday. Photograph: EPA/Phil Nijhuis
Already an infamously brutal Congolese warlord at just 24, Germain Katanga was found guilty yesterday of being an accessory to war crimes, including murder and pillage – only the second conviction in the 12-year history of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
