Africa Cases
The Government of Uganda urged to arrest and surrender President Al-Bashir to the ICC
Civil society organizations (CSOs) have asked the Government of Uganda to arrest and surrender President Al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court to face trial for alleged perpetration of crimes against...
Read moreDetailsKenya, Again, Represses Civil Society
By Abdullahi Abdi Days ahead of the deadline for filing petitions against the repeat presidential election results on November 6, Kenyan authorities, again, cracked down on civil society groups critical of...
Read moreDetailsYou did not dare escape from the LRA lest your whole family be punished, court told
By Susan Kendi Notoriety had earned the Lord’s Resistance Army the moniker of Otong Otong among the Acholi, Parajok and other ethnic groups in Sudan. Otong Otong translates to something...
Read moreDetailsThe letter that got radio station shut down
A radio station was closed down for reading a letter that exposed a negative side of President Yoweri Museveni to the people of Uganda. Witness P-0138 told judges at the...
Read moreDetailsKony does not talk about his in-laws, witness tells court
By Susan Kendi How does a man with more than 30 wives talk about the relations of his spouses? He does not, a witness told the International criminal Court (ICC)...
Read moreDetailsHow reading letter on air got a radio station shut down in Uganda
By Susan Kendi A radio station was closed down for reading a letter that exposed a negative side of President Yoweri Museveni to the people of Uganda. Witness P-0138 told...
Read moreDetailsWitness Names Senior LRA Commanders Who Planned and Organized Pajule Attack
By Tom Maliti A witness described to the International Criminal Court (ICC) some of the habits of the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), Joseph Kony, as well as...
Read moreDetailsWitness tells ICC how he collected evidence on LRA fighters crimes
By Susan Kendi A witness revealed to have collected evidence of Lord Resistance Army fighters(LRA) that have committed crimes in during the 30-year conflict and forward it to the ICC....
Read moreDetailsQ &A: Archbishop John Baptist Odama on the trial of Dominic Ongwen
By Lino Owor Ogora, IJ Monitor Archbishop John Baptist Odama is a long-term advocate for peace in northern Uganda. He recently discussed his thoughts regarding the trial of Dominic...
Read moreDetailsWitness says Ugandan army aimed to break LRA morale by targeting key leaders
By Tom Maliti A Ugandan army colonel told the International Criminal Court (ICC) that the army’s aim during the conflict in northern Uganda was to break the morale of the...
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