( CNN ) -- A man accused of crimes against humanity who has evaded International Criminal Court warrants for seven years has surrendered to the U.S. Embassy in Kigali , Rwanda , officials said Monday . `` I can confirm that this morning Bosco Ntaganda ... walked into U.S. Embassy Kigali . He specifically asked to be transferred to the ICC in The Hague . We 're currently consulting with a number of governments , including the Rwandan government , in order to facilitate his request , '' U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters . She said she did n't think U.S. authorities had any advance notice that he would surrender . News of Ntaganda turning himself in was also reported in a Twitter post from Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs Louise Mushikiwabo . The ICC first issued an arrest warrant for Ntaganda , who at different times has been a Congolese rebel leader and a general in the army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , in 2006 . That warrant alleged that Ntaganda had forced children to become soldiers in the DRC . A second ICC warrant issued in July 2012 accused Ntaganda of murder , rape , attacks on civilians and slavery . CNN 's Aliza Kassim contributed to this report .
Bosco Ntaganda turns himself in at the U.S. Embassy in Kigali . He asks to be transferred to the International Criminal Court in The Hague . Ntaganda is accused of forcing children to become soldiers among other crimes .