In response to the request by ICC Judges of 18 February 2010, the Prosecutor clarified today that senior political and business leaders associated with the main political parties, the PNU which was in the government at the time of the violence and the ODM which was the main opposition party at the time, organized, [...]
Nairobi,Kenya 19th Feb ,2010 … International Criminal Court Judges today said they need more information from the prosecutor on his bid to open an investigation into the deadly violence that followed Kenya’s 2007 disputed presidential elections which resulted to the killing of over 1200 innocent Kenyan .The Judges asked prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo to provide “clarification [...]
Clashes between Muslims and Christians in the south-eastern part of Guinea have entered their third day. Mobs of people armed with machetes and knives went on the rampage attacking each other in what was first thought to be a religious conflict. But the situation has taken a new twist as the center of the turmoil [...]
A Deputy prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, (ICC) will travel to Guinea to investigate the September 28 Massacre that left scores of Guineans dead in an opposition protest at a stadium in the country’s capital, Conakry. The prosecutor is to look into allegations that crimes against humanity occurred during the military assault. According to [...]
A United Nations report has said that Guinea’s military rulers should face trial for “crimes against humanity” for the killings of more than 100 people by troops at an anti-government rally organised bt the opposition parties. A UN commission said Dadis Camara, bears ‘direct responsibility’ for the September 28 incident in which the army opened fire [...]
Nairobi, Kenya 7th Dec, 2009 – The Kenyan Government has denied allegations that it is hiding Rwanda Genocide Mastermind and fugitive Felicien Kabuga as alleged by The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda’s Chief Prosecutor Hassan Boubacar Jallow. Through Government Spokesman Dr.Alfred Mutua, the Kenyan government says it has had arrangements with the Kenyan Police and [...]
The decision to award bail to Congolese war crimes suspect Jean-Pierre Bemba has been reversed by the International Criminal Court (ICC) According to the Judges at The Hague, Mr Bemba, who was Democratic Republic of Congo’s vice-president might flee if set free. Bemba is accused of leading militias who went on a rampage of murder [...]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is to start investigations into post-elections violence that resulted in numerous deaths in the East African country of Kenya. The ICC announced the decision on Thursday after exhaustive diplomatic pressure on an unrelenting Kenyan Government who had bluntly refused to cooperate with the court on any investigation for corruption and [...]
Former United Nations Chief, Kofi Annan believes there is every need for the perpetrators of the 2007 post election violence in Kenya to face justice at the International Criminal Court. The former UN Chief is in Kenya to assess progress made so far in the country’s call for democratic reforms. His visit to the [...]
Former Congolese Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba has been released by the ICC ahead of his war crimes trial in The Hague. But his release is on hold until a suitable country can be found to host him. Bemba led a rebel group during Congo’s civil war and was arrested in Belgium and extradited to The [...]
President Mwai Kibaki announced that the Kenyan government will use the judiciary to deal with perpetrators of the 2008 post election violence. The announcement has been described as an affront calculated to shield cabinet ministers who are alleged to be behind the violence. President Kibaki announced Thursday after a long cabinet meeting that the [...]
