The International Criminal Court upheld the convictions and a prison sentence of a former Congolese warlord Tuesday, dismissing his lawyers’ arguments that legal errors tainted his original trial. Bosco Ntaganda was sentenced to 30 years in prison aft…
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UN Court Opens Maritime Dispute Hearing Without Kenya
PARIS – Kenya has refused to attend a weeklong hearing by the United Nations’ highest court over a long-running maritime dispute with Somalia.In a letter last week to The Hague-based International Court of Justice, or ICJ, the Kenyan government cited a…
Read MoreWar Crimes Court Orders Record $30 Million Compensation for Congo Victims
Child soldiers and other victims of convicted Congolese militia leader Bosco Ntaganda should get a total of $30 million compensation, International Criminal Court judges ruled on Monday, in their highest ever reparation order.The judges said Ntaganda d…
Read MoreCameroonian Women Mark Women’s Day with Calls for Political Inclusion
In Cameroon, thousands of women are holding events to mark International Women’s Day and protesting their lack of political power in the country. The women, joined by rights groups, note all of Cameroon’s most powerful offices are held by men and ther…
Read MoreRwanda Paid for Flight That Brought Hotel Rwanda ‘Hero’ to Kigali
Rwandan Justice Minister Johnston Busingye said in an interview broadcast Friday that Kigali had paid for the plane that brought the hero of the hit movie Hotel Rwanda to his home country to be arrested and tried.A critic of Rwandan President Paul Kaga…
Read MoreFresh Kidnapping of 80 Students in Nigeria Shows Worsening Insecurities
ABUJA – Nigeria security on Sunday rescued 80 more students kidnapped by gunmen in northwest Katsina state. The kidnapping and rescue came just days after gunmen released more than 300 schoolboys from a week in captivity and underscores serious concerns about security in the region. The Islamiyya school students, mostly girls were ambushed in the […]
Read MoreThousands Protest in Sudan in Call for Faster Reform
KHARTOUM, Thousands of Sudanese protesters took to the streets of the capital Khartoum and its twin city Omdurman on Saturday, demanding an acceleration of reforms on the second anniversary of the start of an uprising that ousted Omar al-Bashir. The veteran leader was deposed by the military in April 2019 after months of mass protests against […]
Read MoreRwandan Genocide Suspect Pleads Not Guilty at First Court Appearance
A Rwandan war crimes suspect charged with helping to orchestrate the country’s 1994 genocide and arming militias, was granted not guilty pleas during his first court appearance at the Hague Wednesday. Félicien Kabuga, who arrived at court in a wheelcha…
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