Germain Katanga , also known simply as " Simba " ( the Swahili word for " lion " ) , was allegedly the commander of the Front for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri ( FRPI ) . Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui was allegedly the leader of the Nationalist and Integrationist Front ( FNI ) . Katanga and Chui were charged with nine counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes allegedly committed between January and March 2003 in the Ituri region of the DRC against members of the Hema people . Katanga and Chui were indicted in July 2007 . Specifically , Katanga and Chui are also accused of launching a coordinated attack against the civilian population of the village of Bogoro on 24 February 2003 . According to the warrants issued for Katanga and Chui , the attack included " the murder of about 200 civilians " , the " imprisoning of civilians in a room filled with corpses " , and " the sexual enslavement of several women and girls " . The counts are as follows :
Bogoro
Bogoro massacre
International Criminal Court investigation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo