New Delhi, Dec. 9 -- Sudanese Militia Leader Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, the Infamous 'Axeman' of Janjaweed Atrocities, Faces Prison as War Crimes Tribunal Breaks Decades of Impunity Amid Sudan's Endless Bloodshed.

In the shadowed halls of The Hague, where the weight of history presses against the glass walls of the International Criminal Court, a verdict rang out on Tuesday that pierced the fog of Sudan's unending civil war. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, the Sudanese militia leader notorious as the Axe Murderer or "Axeman" of Darfur, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed over two decades ago. The ruling, delivered by Trial Chamber II, marks a rare moment of accountability in a con...