DRC: Warlord in the dock

The trial of the first Congolese warlord to be tried for war crimes charges at the International Criminal Court in The Hague has been set for 31 March 2008. Thomas Lubanga, 46, who founded and led a militia group in DRC's Ituri district, was arrested in 2006. He was accused of enlisting and conscripting children below 15 to kill members Lendu ethnic group during the country's war between 1998 and 2003.