Congolese war lord Bosco Ntaganda pleaded not guilty to crimes including the rape of child soldiers in a campaign of pillage and murder in north-east Congo’s Ituri province in the early-2000s.

IT was an open secret that one of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s worst tormentors, Bosco Ntaganda, lived on Avenue des Tulipés until 2012, crossing into Rwanda now and then despite a travel ban.

Former president Mary Robinson has been tasked by the UN to police delicate peace efforts in one of the most violent regions of the world.

The Rwandan army has arrested Congo rebel leader Laurent Nkunda, a military spokesman said today.