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The Hague - The International Criminal Court on Friday upheld the acquittal of Congolese ex-militia leader Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui who had been freed more than two years ago in a trial on war crimes charges.

"The appeals chamber by majority confirms the acquittal and rejects the (prosecution) appeal," Judge Sanji Mmasenono Monageng told The Hague-based ICC, the world's only permanent war crimes tribunal.

Ngudjolo, 44, is a former leader of the Nationalist Integrationist Front (FNI) militia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and his acquittal in December 2012 was a first for the ICC.

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