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The International Criminal Court (ICC) Monday opened a trial against Mahamat Said Abdel Kani, alleged leader of the Séléka rebel group, for crimes humanity and war crimes in violation of the Rome Statute. Said allegedly committed these crimes in Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR) in 2013. Said pleaded not guilty to all charges. The ICC [...]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) Monday said that former militiaman Maxime Jeoffroy Eli Mokom Gawaka (Mokom), who is suspected to have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Central African Republic (CAR), has been surrendered by the Republic of Chad.  A warrant for Mokom’s arrest was issued on December 10, 2018, when the [...]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) trial against Alfred Yekatom and Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona, accused of war crimes such as murder, torture, and attacking the civilian population and religious buildings in the Central African Republic (CAR), region opened Tuesday with both suspects denying all allegations. The region witnessed an armed conflict between the Seleka and Anti-Balaka groups. [...]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) held the first hearing in the case against Mahamat Saïd Abdel Kani on Thursday and Friday. Saïd is believed to be a former commander of the Séléka, a primarily-Muslim coalition of armed groups in the Central African Republic (CAR). CAR officials surrendered Saïd to the ICC on January 24. Saïd [...]

Central African Republic (CAR) officials on Sunday surrendered war crimes suspect Mahamat Said Abdel Kani to the International Criminal Court (ICC). An ICC investigation carried out by Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda in 2014 resulted in an arrest warrant accusing him of war crimes and crimes against humanity. According to the ICC press release, Said is [...]

The Constitutional Court of Central African Republic Thursday declared that former president François Bozizé is not fit to run for president in the December polls. The court held that Bozizé did not meet the eligibility criteria provided in the CAR constitution. The constitution requires that candidates for election must not have been the object of [...]

The Bangui Court of Appeal on Friday sentenced 28 militiamen to prison for a massacre committed in Bangassou and other areas of the country’s southeast in May 2017.  The victims in the massacre included dozens of Muslims and 10 UN Peacekeepers. The militia that committed the killings is the majority-Christian Anti-Balaka militia. The prison sentences ranged [...]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced on Saturday that authorities in the Central African Republic (CAR) have surrendered militia leader Alfred Yekatom for prosecution on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Yekatom is suspected of crimes committed in connection with an ongoing conflict between a predominantly Muslim coalition of armed groups called the [...]

Armed groups have been committing war crimes in the Central African Republic (CAR) , according to a report released Wednesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) detailing violence in three central provinces between November 2014 and April...

A UN human rights expert warned Tuesday that the Central African Republic (CAR) "must act now" to protect its population and implement justice. According to Marie-Thérèse Keita Bocoum, the expert on human rights for the CAR,...