As the trial got under way at The Hague, the chief prosecutor said the outcome would define a commander's legal responsibility to control his troops wherever they are in the world. Campaigners also hope it will send warning that those who use rape as a weapon of war will be caught and punished. Just four years ago Bemba, a protege of former dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, was a multimillionaire busines
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