The International Criminal Court is to investigate war crimes allegedly committed in the Central African Republic (CAR) in 2002 and 2003. (BBC) The Hague court's prosecutor said his investigation would mainly focus on the large number of alleged rapes.
The period covers the aftermath of a failed coup by current President Francois Bozize against the government of former leader Ange-Felix Patasse.
The CAR's Supreme Court had referred the matter to the ICC in 2004.
The CAR court said it did not have the ability to prosecute such cases.
I’ll cover this for Wednesday.
