International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda announced Wednesday that her office has officially launched an investigation into possible war crimes committed in Mali. The decision was based on information gathered through preliminary investigations...
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Mali interim president Dioncounda Traore , while under pressure from Mali's military, declared a state of emergency on Friday after Islamist rebels on Thursday captured the town of Konna. Traore called for [CNN...
UNICEF reports recruitment of child soldiers in Central African Republic
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Friday that it has received "credible reports" of armed groups in the Central African Republic (CAR) recruiting and including children in the country's...
Rwanda genocide tribunal convicts former minister in final trial
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Thursday convicted former Rwandan minister Augustin Ngirabatware , sentencing him to 35 years in prison and concluding the tribunal's final trial. Ngirabatware was found...
The Libyan government closed the country's southern border with Algeria, Niger, Chad and Sudan on Sunday and declared southern Libya as a military zone. The move was in response to growing lawlessness [Al...
The UN Security Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution to extend the term of office of five judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) . Justices Mehmet Guney of...
The prime minister of Mali , Cheick Modibo Diarra, was forced to resign on state television Tuesday after junta soldiers arrested him for attempting to leave the country in light of the ongoing humanitarian crisis threatening the...
Officials from the International Criminal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Wednesday told the UN Security Council that they are making progress in...
AI: gross human rights abuses committed during conflict in Yemen
Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday identified a series of gross human rights abuses committed by al Qaeda affiliates and Yemen's government forces during the 2011–2012 conflict over control of the country's southern region of Abyan....
A UN official on Wednesday said that Islamists who have seized power in northern Mali are violating the human rights of women and children through enforced prostitution and recruitment of child soldiers. UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan...