Treason charges against VP Machar shake fragile peace in South Sudan
South Sudan’s already fragile peace process faces its most serious test yet as First Vice President Riek Machar has been charged with treason, murder, and […]
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Sudan: ICC Prosecutor charges former Janjaweed leader Ali Kushayb with crimes committed “with enthusiasm”
The trial of Ali Mohammad Ali Abdelrahman, widely known as Ali Kushayb, has entered its concluding phase at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The […]
Rwanda: Abandonment of prosecutions in France against Callixte Mbarushimana
According to Agence France-Presse, the French judiciary has dropped its investigation into Callixte Mbarushimana, a former UN employee accused of participating in the 1994 Rwandan […]
Former President of Central African Republic Faces Arrest Warrant for Alleged Crimes against Humanity
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of François Bozizé, the former president of the Central African Republic, by a UN-backed court, alleging potential […]
Rwandan genocide fugitive Protais Mpiranya confirmed dead
For more than 20 years, the justice system considered him to be on the run. But Protais Mpiranya, Rwanda’s most wanted fugitive for his alleged […]
Genocide in Rwanda: Claude Muhayimana sentenced to 14 years in prison
The Franco-Rwandan Claude Muhayimana, 60, was sentenced Thursday, December 16, by the Paris Assize Court to 14 years of criminal imprisonment. He was found guilty […]
DRC: Killings and violence “may amount to crimes against humanity” – UN
The United Nations said killings, rapes and other barbaric violence committed by an ethnic armed group in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo against a rival […]
Burundi: UN independent panel calls for ICC probe into possible crimes against humanity
The UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi, which concluded that serious human rights violations, including executions and sexual violence, are continuing in Burundi with impunity, […]
Burundi: AU to dispatches 5,000 troops to avert looming war
The African Union’s (AU) Peace and Security Council has proposed sending 5,000 peacekeepers to Burundi, invoking a rule which allows it to deploy a force […]