First ICC verdict for militia leaders accused of persecuting Muslims in Central African Republic

In this combination file photos (taken in 2018 and 2019), Alfred Yekatom (left), a Central African Republic lawmaker and militia leader who goes by the nickname Rambo, and the chief of Central African Republic's soccer federation Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona, appear before the International Criminal Court, ICC, in The Hague, Netherlands. AP - Piroschka van de Wouw/Koen Van Well

Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have convicted two men of leading Christian-dominated militias in attacks on Muslims in the Central African Republic (CAR) in 2013 and 2014, on Thursday, and sentenced them to up to 15 years in prison.

After more than four years of procedures before Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, the Netherlands, the verdict in the trial of two anti-balaka militia leaders from the Central African Republic has been delivered.