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War crimes trial opens in Central African Special Criminal Court

Michel Landry Louanga, president of the SCC, during its inaugural session on 22 October 2018. Gaël Grilhot/RFI

Central African Republic's Special Criminal Court, set up to probe war crimes and crimes against humanity committed since 2003, opens its first trial Tuesday, seven years after it was created.

The court was created in 2015 with the backing of the United Nations and is made up of national and international judges and prosecutors from France, Togo and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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