Africa Cases

Bosco Ntaganda’s defense at the International Criminal Court got off to a rocky start when judges rejected an application to file a no-case-to-answer motion on Monday, May 29, 2017.  ...

By Paolina Massidda The armed conflict between the Government of Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army (the LRA) in Northern Uganda – described as the worst forgotten humanitarian crisis in...

South Sudan journalist, Michael Christopher, was last week arrested in the capital, Juba.Christopher, the editor-in-chief of the independent Arabic-language daily al-Watan, was arrested by the National Security Service after his paper allegedly...

Eight years ago, Sudan’s President Omar Al Bashir was an unwanted guest in Uganda and he would have probably ended up in prison if he had dared to visit. Then,...

Dominic Ongwen's trial at the International Criminal Court will open on December 6, 2016. Ongwen is facing 70 charges, 10 of which were filed confidentially due to security risks and protection...

Dominic Ongwen, a former Lord's Resistance army commander.   Former Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebel commander, Dominic Ongwen, has appealed against the confirmation of 70 charges against him over the...

ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda gave this keynote address at the GIMPA law conference in Ghana in March this year. This article is an abridged version of her remarks. By Fatou...

Five judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC)will on Friday evening decide an appeal by William Ruto and Joshua arap Sang challenging the decision by the tiral chamber to allow...

The trial in the case of The Prosecutor v. Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé is scheduled to open on Thursday, 28 January 2016 before Trial Chamber I of the...

The Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court on Thursday unveiled 70 charges of war crimes against Lord’s Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen, including keeping sex slaves and recruiting child...