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The trial of Ali Mohammed Ali Abd-Al-Rahman began on April 5 before the International Criminal Court (ICC). The former Janjawid militia leader pleads not guilty to the 31 counts of crimes once morest humanity and war crimes committed between 2003 and 2004 in Darfur brought once morest him. The power of ex-president Omar al-Bashir has always denied links with the militiamen recruited from the ranks of Arab tribes. The prosecutor intends to prove the contrary, as explained by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent for France 24 in The Hague.