France extradites African football chief to war crimes court
Central African Republic's football federation chief Patrice Edouard Ngaissona attends the 40th Confederation of African Football (CAF) ordinary general assembly in Casablanca, Morocco in February 3, 2018. He was arrested in France on December 12 and transferred to the ICC in The Hague where he faces war crimes charges. PHOTO | AFP
France on Wednesday transferred Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona, a member of Africa's top footballing body, to the International Criminal Court in The Hague where he faces war crimes charges, the ICC said.
Ngaissona, who sits on the board of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), is charged with coordinating so-called anti-Balaka militia which emerged after civil war broke out in the Central African Republic (CAR) in 2013.
