The International Criminal Court. Former Sudanese militia leader Abd-Al-Rahman faces 31 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in 2003-04 in the arid western Sudanese region. PHOTO | FILE | AFP
A former Sudanese militia leader Tuesday becomes the first person to go on trial at the International Criminal Court for atrocities in Darfur, which was ravaged by a brutal conflict.
The trial at The Hague-based tribunal opens as some 45 people were killed last week in Darfur in fresh clashes between rival ethnic groups.
