Africa Cases

By Wairagala Wakabi Victims who participated in the trial and sentencing proceedings in the Bosco Ntaganda case have been authorized to participate in his appeal against the 30-year sentence handed...

By Wairagala Wakabi As the International Criminal Court (ICC) Appeals Chamber considers whether it should unconditionally release former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo, the prosecution has, in a new development, said it...

By Millicent Zighe Realising a conflict-free continent is the dream of every African. Ahead of the 33rd AU Summit we highlight the current hotspots; the root causes of conflicts; the...

By Millicent Zighe Realising a conflict-free continent is the dream of every African. Ahead of the 33rd AU Summit we highlight the current hotspots; the root causes of conflicts; the...

By Susan Kendi Dominic Ongwen lead lawyer has requested the International Criminal Court to dismiss the charge of enslavement since the pleading of the charged crime is defective. In a...

By Susan Kendi Five long years passed between the time that the International Criminal Court(ICC) Trust Fund for Victims(TVF) announced their intention to send a fact-finding mission to Kenya and...

By Kwamchetsi Makokha in Nairobi Was Luis Moreno Ocampo a bad prosecutor of the International Criminal Court? Experts reviewing the collapse of the Kenya cases at the ICC say he...

Lawyers for Bosco Ntaganda, who was earlier this month sentenced to 30 years in prison, have filed an appeal for his acquittal, arguing that his conviction was invalid because one...

By Tom Maliti To date, 52 defense witnesses have testified over the course of 67 days of hearings during the International Criminal Court (ICC) trial of Dominic Ongwen, a former...

By Susan Kendi The International Criminal Court judges unanimously sentenced Bosco Ntaganda to 30 years of imprisonment. This is the highest prison sentence ever handed down by the ICC.The time...