Rulings

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,...

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...

Even with the AU agreement to create a criminal chamber in the African Court of Justice and Human Rights, the attempt to replace the International Criminal Court on the continent remains...

Saif-ul-Islam, the son of former Libyan strongman Muammar Gadaffi, has picked two lawyers who represented Deputy President William Ruto as his advocates at the International Criminal Court. Lawyers Karim Khan...

 Hissen Habre’s lawyers have appealed against the life sentence handed down to the former Chadian dictator a fortnight ago. Habre was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity...

By Karen Williams Last year, South African politicians defended Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir fleeing an International Criminal Court arrest warrant, saying the ICC is a bully and targets Africa. However,...

Former Chadian President, Hissen Habre, is guilty of crimes against humanity, rape and sexual slavery. Consequently, the 73-year-old will spend the rest of his life in prison in Senegal where...

By Rose Wanjiku Hissene Habré, Chad’s former dictator, who has been handed a life sentence by the Extraordinary African Chambers delivers its decision in his war crimes case, had a...

The Stockholm District Court in Sweden has sentenced Claver Berinkindi to life in prison for taking part in the 1994 Rwandan genocide where more than 800,000 people were killed. Sweden...

Two former Rwandan mayors went on trial Tuesday in the Assize Court of Paris on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The...