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Sudan-ICC: Surrendered Darfur rebels to appear in court
Sudan rebel leaders wanted for war crimes in connection with the deaths of 12 African Union peacekeepers in 2007 have voluntarily surrendered to the...
Ghana officials corroborate Ivorian stowaways’ story against Chinese vessel
Ghanaian officials have corroborated the story of three Ivorian stowaways who were thrown into the sea on Saturday night after being discovered in the...
Switzerland: No hiding place for stolen African assets
Switzerland does not want stolen assets from corrupt individuals or governments in its banks and wants to give them back to those populations who...
Uganda airport fights increasing drug trafficking
One German national, a Kenyan, a Nigerian and one Ugandan are being held
by police in Uganda after being arrested at Entebbe international airport in...
Rwanda: Jailed US genocide denialist lawyer charged on another count
A U.S. law professor, jailed upon arrival in Rwanda -- where he was to help with the legal defence of an opposition leader charged...
Dutch Oil Company in the dock for Ivory Coast disaster
Dutch oil firm, Trafigura alleged of dumping toxic waste in The Ivory Coast is facing prosecution in The Netherlands. Prosecutors said Trafigura had broken...
Zimbabwe veterans vow to fight homosexuals
Zimbabwe's ageing liberation fighters have made a vow : “there will be no room for gays in Zimbabwe". They say it is against what...
Ban Ki-Moon renews calls for Bashir and Kony arrest
United Nations Secretary, Ban Ki-Moon Tuesday urged African leaders to convince the President of Sudan, Omar Bashir and Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebel leaders...
Uganda summit to assess ICC effectiveness
Representatives from more than 100 countries are meeting in Kampala, Uganda to assess the achievements of the International Criminal Court (ICC), and push forward...
The Review Conference in Kampala will plan the future of international criminal justice
In 1998, near the end of a century marred by unspeakable atrocities, representatives of 160 States gathered in Rome to create the world’s first...
Malawi could lose millions in aid after gay verdict
Malawi risks forfeiting its annual aid donations from the United Kingdom and other western partners if it does not reverse the court verdict of...
Zimbabwe: MDC and ZANU-PF to answer for unconstitutional acts in court
A political pressure group in Zimbabwe, The Voice for Democracy Trust has dragged President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to court for...
Malawi gay sentence attracts international condemnation
Malawi has attracted international criticism after a court slapped a black gay couple with a 14 year jail sentence with hard labour.
The two men,...
Naomi Campbell refuses to testify against former Liberian leader?
English supermodel Naomi Campbell would not testify in The Hague trial of former Liberian leader, Charles Taylor, for fear of endangering her family. Ms....
US Federal Judge Assists Retaliation Against Whistle-Blowers
Exactly two years after three men won a historic $10-million verdict – the largest ever for a discrimination lawsuit against the Philadelphia Police Department...
Sudanese man facing execution in Saudi Arabia over ‘sorcery’ charges
Amnesty International today urged the Saudi Arabian authorities to intervene to halt the possibly imminent execution of a Sudanese man who was sentenced to...
Zimbabwe: Mugabe’s men to take Roy Bennett case further
The recently acquitted Roy Bennett of the Movement for Democratic Change run inns with the courts is far from being over. The state has...
Sudan: Darfur unrest returns
The fragile peace achieved in Darfur region of Sudan is under threat as the main rebel group in the region promises an “all-out war"...
Zimbabwe: Roy Bennett treason charge dismissed by court
A Zimbabwe judge on Monday morning threw out a treason charge against Robert Mugabe’s longstanding enemy Roy Bennett as the court failed...
Nigeria: Ex-whistleblower vindicated of corruption charges
Former head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) under former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has been cleared of all charges labeled against him...
Nigeria: Former minister braces up for corruption charges
The former minister in charge of Nigeria's federal capital of Abuja has returned from a self-imposed exile to face charges of financial misappropriation and...
39 Christian ‘cult’ members in Uganda prison for uncultured behaviour
39 members of a cult called 'End time Gospel' based in central Uganda, currently in remand prison for holding unlawful assembly and behaving in...
Ethiopian journalists nabbed for attempting to transfer “sensitive information”
Two Ethiopian journalists have appeared before the country's high court charged with an attempt to sell sensitive security information to an international television news...
11 Somali pirates could face life behind bars in the US
11 Somali men are being held for trial in a U.S. federal court on charges of piracy in the Gulf of Aden, where piracy...
“Courting Justice” a tribute to South African women
Two years after its initial release, the documentary film Courting Justice continues to inspire audiences around the world with its story of South African...
Swaziland: Reporter summoned to testify in court
On 12 April 2010, a reporter with the privately-owned Times of Swaziland newspaper, Musa Nhleko, was summoned to appear at the High Court of...
UK Parliament bans ‘Vulture Funds’ companies that fleece on Africa
The United Kingdom Parliament has passed a bill that bans the so-called Vulture funds. The dodgy loan transfer scheme was used by international finance...
Drug War Racism Ravishes America
A minor change in court processing procedures in Philadelphia, streamlining the handling of arrests for pot possession, sparked a major controversy recently that totally...
SA Police ready for Terre’Blanche trial
South African police on Tuesday said they have capacity to deal with any eventuality when two black men accused of murdering Eugene Terre'Blanche appear...
South African White supremacist blasts Nigerians after leader’s murder
Tensions were high at a Ventersdorp Magistrate's Court on Tuesday morning in South Africa where two black men accused of murdering a leader of...