Former CAR football chief found guilty of war crimes

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Former CAR football chief found guilty of war crimes  The International Criminal Court has found Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona, former head of the Central African Republic’s football federation, guilty of 28 war crimes and crimes against humanity.    READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/07/24/former-car-football-chief-found-guilty-of-war-crimes  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00Patrice Edouard Ngainsona, former head of the Central African Republic's Football Federation,

00:06found guilty of 28 war crimes and crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court.

00:13He and ex-militia commander Alfred Yekaton, known as Rambo, were accused of orchestrating

00:20brutal attacks on Karl's Muslim population between 2013 and 2014.

00:25Yekaton was found guilty of 20 charges. He's been sentenced to 15 years in prison,

00:32while Ngainsona received 12. The verdict caps off a nearly four-year-long trial,

00:37with more than 170 witnesses and 20,000 pieces of evidence presented.

00:44Both men led anti-Bakala militias, mostly Christian figures who rose up after Muslim

00:49Sakala rebels ceased power in 2013.

00:52Prosecutors say Ngainsona funded and directed the violence while Yekaton led attacks on civilians

00:59in Bangui in December of 2013, and half the capital fled.

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