Today marks the symbolic opening in The Hague of the trial of Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud, the second Malian jihadist prosecuted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), for war crimes and crimes against humanity, including acts of rape, sexual slavery and the destruction of monuments in Timbuktu. The trial of the Tuareg, an alleged former member of Ansar Eddine, is due to effectively begin end of August, before an ICC…
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