Bosco 'Terminator' Ntaganda wanted over DR Congo mutiny

Renegade general Bosco Ntaganda is to be arrested for leading a recent mutiny in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities have said.

"He is implicated in this case of indiscipline, and he is wanted for that," said North Kivu governor Julien Paluku.
Thousands of people have been displaced by recent fighting in North Kivu between mutinous troops and the army.
Gen Ntaganda is also wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
'Wanted man'

Bosco 'Terminator' Ntaganda takes over DR Congo towns

Troops loyal to Bosco Ntaganda, wanted by the International Criminal Court, have taken two towns in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

A BBC reporter in the area says thousands of people are fleeing the fierce fighting towards nearby Goma.
Hundreds of heavily armed soldiers loyal to Gen Ntaganda recently defected from the Congolese army.
Known locally as the Terminator, Gen Ntaganda has denied the ICC accusation that he recruited child soldiers.

Congo's 'Terminator': Kabila calls for Ntaganda arrest

President Joseph Kabila has said ex-rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda, wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes, must be arrested.

But Gen Ntaganda must be tried in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the president says.

Mr Kabila had previously refused to call for the arrest of the man known locally as "The Terminator".

The ICC indicted him five years ago, for allegedly recruiting child soldiers during DR Congo's bloody five-year war.

'Judged in Goma'

President Kabila held emergency meetings with top army officials in the east of the country, following the defections earlier this month of hundreds of Congolese troops.

The soldiers, loyal to Gen Ntaganda, were integrated into the national army in 2009. However, people in and around the town of Goma, where the troops are based, blame them for persistent unrest - including looting and rape - since the formal end of the war in 2003.

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