Ntaganda was initially found guilty on 18 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity and was probably facing life imprisonment.
Ntaganda, who was known as the “Terminator,” oversaw widespread attacks on civilians and recruited child soldiers.
The court believed that such crimes occurred while Ntaganda was in charge of the Patriotic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (FPLC).
The military wing of the Union of Congolese Patriots political group – in north-eastern Ituri province, between 2002 and 2003.
Bosco Ntaganda is a convicted war criminal and the former military chief of staff of the National Congress for the Defense of the People, an armed militia group operating in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
He was also responsible for the sexual slavery of children, said Robert Fremr, the presiding judge from Czech Republic.
The court found him guilty of other charges as well, including murder and rape.
Ntaganda surrendered to the U.S. embassy in the Rwandan capital Kigali in 2013, after eluding capture for seven years.
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Ntaganda pleaded not guilty during the trial, saying that he was a revolutionary, not a criminal during his final statement.
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