Month: August 2016

The United States said it had imposed economic sanctions on the Lord's Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony's two sons, saying they were commanders in the rebel group blamed for extreme ...

International Criminal Court, Chief Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda’s abridged statement at the opening of  the trial in the case against Ahmad Al-Faqi Al Mahdi, who is facing war crime charges for ...

Germain Katanga, a warlord convicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for murder and other crimes, thought he was getting released from prison in January. But he was wrong. He ...

Al Mahdi case: accused makes an admission of guilt at trial opening, 22 August 2016  Former Malian Islamist and leader of a group alleged to have links to Al  Qaeda, ...

Refugees and migrants travelling through Libya in the hope of finding safety and stability when arriving to Europe undergo horrifying abuse including sexual abuse, torture and exploitation. Thousands have lost ...

MOGADISHU Nine Ugandan soldiers accused of misconduct while serving the Africa Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) were found guilty by court martial sitting in Mogadishu.A statement from AMISOM said on Tuesday that ...

The trial of Malian with links to Al Qaeda, Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, is scheduled to open on Monday, August 22, at The Hague, Netherlands. Al Mahdi is accused of the war ...

Ghanaian economist Professor George Ayittey says the African Union should be disbanded because it serves no purpose in the continent.  “Not surprisingly, the AU has achieved spectacularly little in its ...

By Rose Wanjiku Come November, Jackie Mutere’s daughter will turn eight. Three times in the course of her pregnancy, Jackie tried to procure an abortion, but each time, fate intervened to buy the young ...

 A Dutch-based lawyer for a Palestinian human rights organisation has been receiving death threats over her cooperation with the International Criminal Court.  Nada Kiswanson, who works for the Al-Haq organisation, ...