By Susan Kendi Soldiers in the Uganda People’s Defence Force would come to the camp to buy cigarettes and alcohol as well as eat from small restaurants, a witness told...
Read moreDetailsBy Tom Maliti Witness P-275, a survivor of an attack on the Odek camp for internally displaced people 13 years ago, testified before the International Criminal Court last week. Lawyers...
Read moreDetailsReporting on trials at the International Criminal Court at The Hague, Netherlands, is a huge challenge for African journalists. Few can afford to travel to The Hague, let alone stay...
Read moreDetailsPre-Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Court, composed of Judges Chang-ho Chung (Presiding), Antoine Kesia-Mbe Mindua and Raul C. Pangalangan, issued a public redacted version of its decision authorising...
Read moreDetailsBy Susan Kendi Fighters in the Lord’s Resistance Army depended on a small group of people sprinkling water from a calabash onto a burning charcoal stove to ostensibly control the...
Read moreDetailsBy Susan Kendi A tug-of-war over whether or not to protect the identity of a witness in the Bosco Ntaganda trial at the International Criminal Court ended in the defence’s...
Read moreDetailsBy Terry Jeff Odhiambo Gambia stands as a testament to the glacial progress Africa is making in the sphere of human rights. With the country on the mend and efforts...
Read moreDetailsCivil 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 moreDetailsBy 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 moreDetailsBy 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...
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