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NBS: Forum for Democratic Change flag bearer in the February elections Dr Kiiza Besigye has applied for bail at the high court before Justice Masalo Musene in a case in which he is battling treason charges. Represented by his lawyers; Ernest Kalibbala and Frederick Mpanga, Besigye made his application on …

Cairo, Egypt | AFP | An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to life in prison in an espionage trial in which six of his co-defendants were handed death penalties. Morsi, who has been sentenced to death in a separate trial, was Egypt’s first democratically elected …

The Hague, Netherlands | AFP | A top commander of Uganda’s rebel Lord’s Resistance Army will go on trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in December charged with keeping sex slaves and recruiting child soldiers, among other crimes. Dominic Ongwen, himself a former child soldier who became one of …

By The Independent Team In the Hague, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has reversed a ruling that allowed Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to attend only parts of his trial in The Hague. Kenyatta’s trial begins in February and his lawyers argued that attending the trial would prevent him from governing …