Nairobi, The Hague - Belgian authorities have extradited Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, to face war crimes charges, the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague said Thursday.
Bemba was detained in Belgium in May following his flight from the DRC last year after losing presidential elections and refusing to disarm his militia.
The suspect, who was president and commander in chief of the Congo Liberation Movement (MLC), is accused of crimes against humanity - including murder, torture and rape - in the Central African Republic between October 2002 and March 2003.