epa07978059 Former Congolese militia leader Bosco Ntaganda in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, The Netherlands, 07 November 2019, prior to the verdict. He is accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in 2002 and 2003. EPA-EFE/Peter Dejong 
Ntaganda, 46, was found guilty in July on 18 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity for acts committed when he was military operations chief at the Union of Congolese Patriots(UPC) militia in east Democratic Republic of Congo in 2002-2003.
At Thursday’s sentencing, Judge Robert Fremr said there were no real mitigating circumstances and issued the 30-year sentence, the longest handed down by the Hague court to date.
Reporting by Stephanie van den Berg; Editing by Hugh Lawson.