The International Criminal Court (ICC) convicted on Monday a leader of the feared Janjaweed militia of playing a leading role in a campaign of atrocities and human rights violations committed in the western Sudanese region of Darfur more than 20 years ago.
The ruling marked the first time the court has convicted a suspect of crimes in Darfur. The three-judge panel ruled that the atrocities, including mass murders and rapes, were part of a government plan to snuff out a rebellion there.
