He was indicted by the International Criminal Court to be tried, together with Abdallah Banda, for three counts of war crimes allegedly committed during the Raids on Haskanita against African Union peacekeepers within the context of the Darfur conflict in Sudan.
[1] According to information from the International Criminal Court,[2] Saleh Jerbo was born on 1 January 1977 in Shagag Karo, North Darfur.
On the evening of 29 September 2007, groups led by Banda and Jerbo are alleged to have attacked African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) soldiers at the Haskanita Military Group Site in Umm Kadada in North Darfur.
They were charged with three counts of war crimes: violence to life, pillaging and attacking peacekeepers.
[3] The ICC dropped the charges against him as a result of his apparent death, without prejudice, so that the case against him would reopen if he were found to still be alive.