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Bemba Gombo, Jean-Pierre

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Acquitted

President and Commander-in-chief of the Mouvement de libération du Congo (Movement for the Liberation of Congo) (MLC), at time of warrant. Arrest warrant: 10 June 2008

Charges: two counts of crimes against humanity: murder and rape; and three counts of war crimes: murder, rape and pillaging, allegedly committed between 2002 and 2003 in CAR.

Ngudjolo Chui, Mathieu

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Acquitted

Leader of the Front des nationalistes et intégrationnistes (FNI), at time of warrant. Arrest warrant: 6 July 2007 – unsealed on 7 February 2008

Charges: three crimes against humanity and seven war crimes allegedly committed on 24 February 2003 during an attack against the Bogoro village in the Ituri district of the DRC. Acquitted on 18 December 2012. Acquittal confirmed in appeals on 27 February 2015. Case also involved charges against Germain Katanga but the 2 cases were severed on 21 November 2012. Germain Katanga was found guilty on 7 March 2014.