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CAR: Alleged former rebel leaders plead not guilty at The Hague
The two men are accused of leading militias in the CAR during the war in 2013.
Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona and Alfred Yekatom are accused of involvement in crimes in their roles as leaders in the anti-Balaka militia as the country slid into war in 2013.
Chad deploys 1,200 troops to the flashpoint border zone among Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso to quell violent clashes.
And, we hear from Nigerian film director Desmond Obviagele about his latest film called The Milkmaid
(Image: Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona. Credit: Getty Images)
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