A former rebel leader has been found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Democratic Republic of Congo by judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Bosco Ntaganda, nicknamed “Terminator”, was convicted of murder, rape and recruiting child soldiers.

His lawyers had argued that Ntaganda was a victim, having also been recruited as a child soldier.

He becomes the fourth person convicted by the ICC since its creation in 2002.

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