Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A cross-section of people in Northern Uganda is calling for a lighter sentence or even a pardon for Dominic Ongwen, one of the commanders of the Lord’s Resistance Army who was convicted for war crimes and Crimes against Humanity. Ongwen was the first LRA commander …
Read More »ICC convicts LRA’s Dominic Ongwen on 61 counts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Criminal Court (ICC) has convicted Dominic Ongwen, the former commander of the Sinia Brigade of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Ongwen was found guilty on 61 counts of War crimes and crimes against Humanity. He was facing 70 counts of war crimes and …
Read More »Sudan still in crisis a year after Bashir’s ouster
Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | A year after one of Africa’s longest serving leaders, Omar al-Bashir, was ousted from power in the face of mass street protests, Sudan is still reeling from daunting crises including deep economic woes. Bashir was overthrown on April 11, 2019 by the military, which was responding …
Read More »Supporters of Sudan’s Bashir oppose handover to ICC
Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Supporters of ousted Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir held a protest Saturday vowing to oppose any move by the country’s new authorities to hand him over to the International Criminal Court. Dozens of his supporters, carrying Bashir’s portrait, gathered outside the Khartoum court where he is …
Read More »I.Coast ex-political leader Ble Goude faces Ivorian trial
Abidjan, Ivory Coast | AFP | Former Ivory Coast political leader Charles Ble Goude faces a fresh trial by an Ivorian court, prosecutors said Thursday, after he was cleared of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court this year. Ble Goude was an aide to former Ivory Coast President Laurent …
Read More »Sudan opposition leader says Bashir ouster ‘not military coup’
Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | A top opposition leader called Saturday for Sudan to join the International Criminal Court which has indicted its ousted president Omar al-Bashir, as protesters and the military met to discuss civilian rule. Sadiq al-Mahdi, a former prime minister and head of the opposition National Umma Party …
Read More »Under-fire Bashir vows peace push for Sudan war zones
Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who has faced weeks of protests against his three-decade rule, pledged to promote peace in the country’s war zones in an address to paramilitary units on Wednesday. “I assure you that the year 2019 will be the year of peace in Sudan,” the president told members of …
Read More »Key dates in Ivory Coast crisis
Abidjan, Ivory Coast | AFP | Ivory Coast ex-president Laurent Gbagbo, the first former head of state to go on trial before the International Criminal Court in The Hague, was ordered freed by the court on Friday. The court agreed to his release following his acquittal last month on charges of …
Read More »It is 18 years in jail for Bemba
The Hague, Netherlands | AFP | Judges at the International Criminal Court Tuesday sentenced former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba to 18 years in jail for a series of brutal rapes and murders in Central African Republic over a decade ago. “The chamber sentences Mr Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo to a …
Read More »ICC: Head of Occupational Health unit
Deadline for Applications: 19/06/2016 Organizational Unit: Occupational Health Unit, Division of Management Services, Division of Management Services Duty Station: The Hague – NL Type of Appointment: Established Post Post Number: E-1559 Minimum Net Annual Salary (Single Rate): €82,318.00 Contract Duration: For initial appointments, the Court offers a two-year appointment with the …
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