 To all the parts of Africa, prosecutors have accused a man of being a feared and revered militia leader behind a campaign of deadly raids in Sudan's Darfur conflict. In the build-up to the International Criminal Court's first trial linked to the violence, the war crimes prosecutors said Ali Mohammed Raman was also known as Ali Koushiab, a senior commander of thousands of pro-government Janjaweed fighters during the height of the conflict between 2003 and 2004. Ali Raman wearing a face mask and a suit did not speak as a court officer read out 31 charges against him, including persecution, murder, torture and rape. Mr. Ali Mohammed Ali Abdelrahman, also commonly known as Ali Koushiab, is charged with 31 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes. And these include crimes of torture, rape and murder of civilians in the Wadi Salih and Mugjar localities of West Darfur state between at least 2003 and at least April. Let me now turn to Mr. Abdelrahman, feared and revered in equal measure as the Colonel of Connells. He was a senior leader of the infamous Janjaweed militia in the Wadi Salih and Mugjar localities during the charged period.