The International Criminal Court is dropping some 20 charges of murder, extermination, deportation, torture, and persecution against a former government minister from the Central African Republic. The court cites a lack of evidence and available witnesses.
THE HAGUE, Nethlerlands — The International Criminal Court announced Thursday it was dropping some 20 charges including murder, extermination, deportation, torture, and persecution against a former government minister from the Central African Republic, citing a lack of evidence and available witnesses.
Mokom, 44, was accused of coordinating operations of the anti-Balaka, a mainly Christian group that fought against the predominantly Muslim Seleka rebel group. The fighting left thousands dead and displaced hundreds of thousands in 2013 and 2014.France’s waning influence in coup-hit Africa appears clear while few remember their former colonizerMokom and his attorneys were unaware the prosecutor was considering dropping the charges.
Mokom is the fourth suspect from the long-running conflict in the mineral-rich but impoverished nation to appear before judges at the global court.
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