I'm dedicated to the search for peace, CAR ex-militia leader tells ICC
Maxime Jeoffroy Eli Mokom Gawaka (R) talks to legal counsel during a session of the International Criminal Court in the case against him in The Hague, Netherlands on August 22, 2023. PHOTO | AFP
An ex-militia leader on Tuesday denied involvement in bloodshed in the troubled Central African Republic (CAR) a decade ago, telling judges in The Hague he was "dedicated to the search for peace".
Maxime Mokom, 44, faces 20 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity for atrocities committed against Muslim civilians in the CAR, a former French colony, by his self-proclaimed self-defence militias in 2013 and 2014.
