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16 January 2019 by AFP
ICC prosecutors to appeal acquittal of I.Coast's Gbagbo Prosecutors will appeal the International Criminal Court's shock acquittal of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo over post-election violence, according to a court document seen by AFP on Wednesday. ICC judges cleared Gbag [...]
15 January 2019 by AFP
War crimes court acquits Ivory Coast ex-strongman Gbagbo The International Criminal Court acquitted former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo on Tuesday over a wave of post-electoral violence, in a stunning blow to the war crimes tribunal in The Hague. Judges ordered the release of th [...]
15 January 2019 by AFP
Sudan police fire tear gas at protesters in capital Sudanese police Tuesday fired tear gas at crowds of demonstrators chanting "Peace, justice, freedom" in the capital, a day after President Omar al-Bashir insisted protests will not lead to a change in government. Deadly protests h [...]
15 January 2019 by AFP
RSF slams jail sentence for Montenegro reporter on drug charges An award-winning investigative reporter was sentenced to 1.5 years in prison in Montenegro on drug trafficking charges on Tuesday, in a ruling slammed by media watchdog RSF as a "disturbing set-back" for press freedom. Jovo Martin [...]
15 January 2019 by AFP
War crimes court acquits Ivory Coast ex-strongman Gbagbo The International Criminal Court acquitted former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo on Tuesday over a wave of post-electoral violence, in a stunning blow to the war crimes tribunal in The Hague. Judges ordered the immediate rel [...]
15 January 2019 by AFP
International Criminal Court: setbacks and failures Created in 2002, the International Criminal Court vowed to deliver justice to the victims of the world's worst war crimes but so far it has made few convictions and faced serious difficulties. Here is a recap of some emblematic ca [...]
15 January 2019 by AFP
Pressure mounts on war crimes court after Gbagbo blow As prosecutors failed to land the scalp of yet another former national leader accused of crimes against humanity, the question echoed in the hallways of the International Criminal Court: is it fit for purpose? The acquittal on Tue [...]
15 January 2019 by AFP
War crimes court acquits Ivory Coast ex-strongman Gbagbo The International Criminal Court acquitted former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo on Tuesday over a wave of post-electoral violence, in a stunning blow to the war crimes tribunal in The Hague. Judges ordered the immediate rel [...]
15 January 2019 by AFP
Ivory Coast ex-strongman Gbagbo in shock ICC acquittal The International Criminal Court acquitted former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo on Tuesday over a wave of post-electoral violence, in a stunning blow to the war crimes tribunal in The Hague. Judges ordered the immediate rel [...]
15 January 2019 by AFP
Laurent Gbagbo, Ivory Coast's former strongman Ivory Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo, acquitted on Tuesday of crimes against humanity, once battled for democracy, but his inability to let go of power was his downfall. After seven years behind bars in The Hague, Gbagbo, [...]
15 January 2019 by AFP
Key dates in Ivory Coast crisis 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 acquitted on Tuesday of charges of crimes against humanity, relating to unrest trigge [...]
15 January 2019 by AFP
Ivory Coast ex-strongman Gbagbo in shock ICC acquittal The International Criminal Court on Tuesday acquitted former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo over a wave of post-electoral violence, in a stunning blow to the war crimes tribunal in The Hague. Judges ordered the immediate rel [...]
15 January 2019 by AFP
War crimes court to rule on release of Ivory Coast's Gbagbo Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo will hear from the International Criminal Court on Tuesday if he will be freed after seven years behind bars on charges of crimes against humanity. Judges at The Hague-based court will d [...]
14 January 2019 by AFP
Myanmar delays UN refugee chief's visit Myanmar has postponed a planned visit by the UN refugee chief to Rakhine state following renewed fighting between security forces and insurgents, a spokesman said Monday. UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi was due to [...]
14 January 2019 by AFP
Qatar rejects normalising ties with 'criminal' Assad Qatar's foreign minister ruled out on Monday the possibility of re-opening an embassy in Damascus, in line with some other Gulf countries, calling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a war criminal. "Normalisation (of relations) with [...]
14 January 2019 by AFP
Sudan's Bashir says protests will fail to change government Defiant Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said Monday that ongoing protests will not lead to a change in government, as crowds of supporters cheered him at a rally in war-torn Darfur. Deadly protests have rocked Sudan since Decemb [...]
14 January 2019 by AFP
Sudan protests 'will not change government': Bashir Defiant Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said Monday that ongoing protests will not lead to a change in government, as he addressed a rally of cheering supporters in war-torn Darfur. "Demonstrations will not change the government [...]
14 January 2019 by AFP
Sudan protests 'will not change government': Bashir Defiant Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said Monday that ongoing protests will not lead to a change in government, as he addressed a rally of cheering supporters in war-torn Darfur. "Demonstrations will not change the government [...]
14 January 2019 by AFP
Qatar rejects normalising ties with 'criminal' Assad Qatar's foreign minister ruled out on Monday the possibility of re-opening an embassy in Damascus, in line with some other Gulf countries, calling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a war criminal. "Normalisation (of relations) with [...]