Rhino: The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor told court judges on Wednesday that Ali Mohamed Ali Abdel Rahman, a suspect in the first war crimes trial in Sudan’s Darfur region two decades ago, was a feared militia leader who ordered atrocities including murder, rape and looting.

Prosecutor Karim Khan said in his closing statement that during the two-year trial, prosecution witnesses provided “detailed accounts of mass killings, torture, rape, targeting of civilians, burning and looting of entire villages” and that the prosecution had proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt.
The closing arguments mark the end of the ICC’s first and only trial for crimes committed in Sudan since the UN Security Council referred the case to the court in 2005. There are still outstanding arrest warrants for Sudanese officials, including former President Omar al-Bashir, in connection with the commission of genocide.