WorldNews Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 [attach=full]27763[/attach]An alleged Al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militant accused of ordering the destruction of treasured monuments in Mali's fabled city of Timbuktu will appear before judges at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday. Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi is due in the dock at 0900 GMT on his first appearance in The Hague-based court after being handed over by authorities in Mali's neighbour Niger on Saturday. The case is the first to be brought by the world's only permanent war crimes court over the extremist violence that rocked Mali in 2012 and 2013. Continue reading... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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