Bemba's war crimes trial 'to start April 27'The war crimes trial of former Democratic Republic of Congo vice president and ex-rebel Jean-Pierre Bemba Jean-Pierre Bemba (born 4 November 1962) was one of four vice-presidents in the transitional government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2003 to 2006. He was sworn in on 17 July 2003. will start on April 27, the International Criminal Court said Thursday. "The International Criminal Court set the date for the commencement of the trial ... as Tuesday April 27, 2010," said a court statement. Bemba, 47, stands accused of three charges of war crimes and two of crimes against humanity allegedly committed in the Central African Republic Central African Republic, republic (2005 est. pop. 3,800,000), 240,534 sq mi (622,983 sq km), central Africa. The landlocked nation is bordered by Chad (N), Sudan (E), Congo (Kinshasa) and Congo (Brazzaville) (S), and Cameroon (W). (CAR) from October 2002 to March 2003. He will stand trial for acts of murder, rape and pillaging allegedly committed by members of his Congolese Liberation Movement A liberation movement is a group organizing a rebellion against a colonial power (Anti-imperialism) or seeking separation from a state for parts of the population that feel suppressed by the majority. (MLC (MultiLevel Cell) A flash memory technology that stores more than one bit per cell. Traditional flash memory defines a 0 or 1 bit based on a single voltage threshold. ) while helping troops of then CAR president Ange-Felix Patasse fight off a coup bid. 
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