15 January 2019 The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has acquitted Ivory Coast ex-President Laurent Gbagbo. He had been charged with crimes against humanity in connection with violence following a disputed 2010 election that left 3,000 dead and 500,000 displaced. Mr Gbagbo was captured in 2011 in a presidential palace bunker by UN …
Ivory Coast ex-President Gbagbo acquitted at ICC court in The HagueRead More »
The organisation founded by Rwandan graduates who survived the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi, which is commonly known by its French acronym of GAERG has unveiled a centre to offer career guidance and counselling services. The Aheza Healing and Career Centre was launched Sunday in Bugesera District near Ntarama Genocide Memorial site. In …
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The Government of Rwanda has condemned the early release of genocide convict Aloys Simba by the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (MICT), saying that the decision by its president Judge Theodor Meron, cemented his legacy of undermining international criminal justice. Simba, incarcerated in Benin, was serving a 20-year sentence. His early release by Meron …
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The DR Congo election commission last Thursday declared opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi the winner of the December 30 vote with 38.57 per cent of the tally against chief rival Martin Fayulu’s 34.8 per cent.’ Fayulu has appealed the result, saying it was an “electoral coup” forged in backroom dealings between Tshisekedi and outgoing President …
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NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 16 – The African Union (AU) has condemned the terrorist attack at the dusitD2 complex at 14 Riverside Drive that occurred on Tuesday afternoon. Through a statement, the Chairman of the Commission of African Union Moussa Faki Mahamat expressed his deepest condolences to the families of the victims and wished a speedy …
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The International Criminal Court on Wednesday halted the release of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo following a fresh appeal by prosecutors, a day after he was acquitted of crimes against humanity. Judges had earlier ordered Gbagbo and his right-hand man Charles Ble Goude to be freed after clearing them of any role in a …
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Première Jour – Ouverture de la Session Le 5 décembre 2018, l’Assemblée des États parties au Statut de Rome de la Cour Pénale Internationale (CPI) a démarré lors de World Forum de La Haye. Le début de la séance a été marqué par une minute de silence en mémoire du luminaire des Droits de l’Homme, …
RÉSUMÉ DE LA 17ème SESSION DE L’ASSEMBLÉE DES ÉTATS PARTIES AU STATUT DE ROMERead More »
UNITED Nations should act now to prevent humanitarian crisis in West Africa. Military operations are on in some regions in Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria. Niger, Chad, Cameroun and others. This is the time to avoid humanitarian disaster in West Africa. The war on terrorism in West Africa should be fought on many fronts: diplomatic, intelligence, …
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Thousands of protesters chanting “revolution is the people’s choice” took to the streets on Tuesday the 8th of January 2019 in a city southeast of the Sudanese capital to call on longtime leader Omar al-Bashir to step down, the latest in nearly three weeks of anti-government demonstrations. The demonstration in Gadaref came just hours after …
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Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud makes first appearance before the ICC On 4 April 2018, Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud (“Al Hassan”) appeared before the single judge of Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “Court”), judge Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, at the seat …
