International Criminal Court... where Milosevich died of old age before being convicted ...
said Wednesday.
The ICC convicted Katanga last month of complicity in the attack on Bogoro village in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka
Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material...
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It found that he armed the fighters who carried out the massacre but cleared him of rape, sexual slavery and using child soldiers.
Katanga's defense has told the ICC appeals chamber it will challenge that verdict, the court said.
"The appeals will be directed to the whole of the decision of conviction and it will seek to reverse the decision of conviction on each charge," it said.
The prosecution has also filed an appeal against the ruling which acquitted Katanga on charges of rape and sexual slavery.
"The Prosecution will request the Appeals Chamber to reverse or amend the decision, and/or order a new (partial) trial before a different trial chamber," the ICC's chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said in court papers.