Congo: Rebel leader in northwest province captured

Civilians who were being recruited to a new rebel movement in Congo's northwest captured the group's leader Wednesday and he now will stand trial for war crimes, the government information minister said. The rebel leader known as Odjani is accused of leading an attack on the capital of Equateur province last month.

Fighting in the region has forced some 200,000 people from their homes, opening a new front in what was a relatively peaceful corner of this enormous Central African nation long brutalized by violent rebel groups. (AP)