The former vice-president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Jean-Pierre Bemba, has been transferred to The Hague in the Netherlands for trial on war crimes charges - including accusations of sexual crimes committed in the Central African Republic

Following its decision imposing a stay on the proceedings of the case The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, Trial Chamber I ordered today the release of the accused.

A Congolese militia leader facing war crimes charges for allegedly recruiting child soldiers could walk free in five days without standing trial.

Today, 3 July 2008, the Belgian authorities surrendered and transferred Mr Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, to the International Criminal Court. He arrived at 12:45 at the detention centre of the Court.

By The Tripoli Post Speaking in an interview with Bloomberg Television Thursday, Libya's National Oil Corporation chairman, Shukri Ghanem, said that a threatened freeze of Libyan assets in the United States could affect Libya's oil decisions. He said a $150