U.S. And Uganda’s End of Joseph Kony Hunt Breeds Frustration and Fear
Uganda and the United States have ended a six-year hunt for elusive warlord Joseph Kony and his notorious Lord’s Resistance Army. But calling off the mission, focused on Central African Republic, has left the commander of Ugandan forces in the country frustrated and advocacy groups concerned that the failure to “kill or capture” Kony could […]
Can Young Leaders Bring Change And Stem Violence?
Once again, the cycle of instability and political uncertainty has the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on high alert and agreements between prominent political actors have done little to stem the tide of violence. The situation has become so dire that Congolese nationals at home and abroad have raised concerns about the safety of civilians. […]
17 New Mass Graves Found in Central DR Congo – UN
United Nations investigators have found 17 new mass graves in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in an area that has seen fighting between soldiers and members of a local armed group, according to the UN rights chief. Zeid Raad Al Hussein, the UN high commissioner for human rights, called the DRC’s government to launch […]
Uganda Ends Search for Fugitive Warlord Joseph Kony
The Ugandan military says it is ending its manhunt for fugitive warlord Joseph Kony after years of chasing him and bands of loyal fighters across Central Africa. A military spokesman, Brigadier General Richard Karemire, told a reporter for VOA’s Swahili service Wednesday that the search for Kony has been suspended. Ugandan newspapers report the first […]
Gambia Thankful, Optimistic, but Challenges Lie Ahead
Since the departure of Gambia’s long-time ruler Yahya Jammeh, newly elected president Adama Barrow’s government has been taking steps to restore the economy, rule of law and political reforms after two decades of one-party rule. Gambia’s vice president recently visited the United States to “thank its partners for the help they provided during her nation’s […]
South Africa to Appear Before ICC Over Failure to Arrest Sudan’s Al-Bashir
South Africa is set to appear before the International Criminal Court (ICC) next week Friday to “account for failing to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir when he attended an African Union summit in the country in June 2015”. Al-Bashir was wanted by the ICC for crimes against humanity, genocide and war crimes committed in Sudan’s […]
Raped, Injected With Poison, Entire Family Murdered – One Woman’s Story in CAR
The first time the Séléka rebels captured Danielle* she was visiting the shallow grave where her husband, father, and brothers were all buried. Danielle had witnessed the rebels kill the men outside her home just a few hours earlier. When she returned to show her mother what had happened, the fighters – still lingering outside […]
Ivory Coast’s former first lady Simone Gbagbo acquitted
A court in Ivory Coast has acquitted the country’s former first lady, Simone Gbagbo, of crimes against humanity. The charges related to the violence that followed the 2010 presidential poll when her husband, Laurent, refused to accept defeat to Alassane Ouattara. The majority of the judges dismissed the prosecution’s argument that Simone Gbagbo, 67, headed […]
‘Corpse Phenomenon’ On Greater Scale
Lifeless bodies are discovered all over the country. Some human rights activists speak of a revival of murderous violence of a political and ethnic nature and count about sixty corpses. For the police, this phenomenon would be linked to vengeance, banditry or witchcraft. In the morning of Monday, March 20, a body of a police […]
The ICC Can’t Live With Africa, but It Can’t Live Without It Either
On the first of February, 2017, the African Union issued a resolution encouraging member states to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC). Whatever comes of it, the reported plan is the culmination of a highly publicised pushback by African states, which have accused the court of political bias, interference in African affairs and even […]
