Few days after the visit of International Criminal Court (ICC) Deputy Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda to Nigeria, the Director of Solutions Africa-Limited Law Practices (SA-LLP) Barrister Olisaemeka Chikwendu has warned that the issue of prosecution in the ICC may not be

Government, Sudan military and security forces are omnipresent.... There have been reports that the government has been folding the Janjaweed into its regular forces as a way to disguise and protect them.

Security forces stopped an Al Jazeera reporter and cameraman 160 km south of Khartoum yesterday and confiscated the video they had just filmed of clashes between police and protesters in which two people were killed.

EGYPTIAN President Hosni Mubarak jets into the country tomorrow on a one-day state visit aimed at bolstering bilateral relations between the two countries, although the ICC indictments for Sudanese leader Omar el Bashir may be discussed on the sidelines.

New data available from the Small Arms Survey suggests that while there is a security vacuum on both sides of the Sudan-Kenya border, insecurity and lawlessness are even more pronounced in Turkana North than in Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan, which

A joint team of military, police, human rights and civil affairs officers should be set up to investigate reports of Sudanese Government bombings of former rebel positions in Darfur, the military chief of the United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission to

A visiting delegation of Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) has joined its voice in condemning the recent attacks on the United Nations Mission in Darfur that claimed five Rwanda peacekeepers.

The winners wined while the losers refused to leave their offices. Some refused to hand over party files to their successors while others appealed against the vote. Yet others instigated communal fighting.

A lawsuit against terrorism that could put Kenya in an awkward position with its trading partners is to be lodged in the United States by next week.

South Africa, supported by China, is trying to persuade the United Nations Security Council to suspend the attempt to prosecute Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir for genocide and war crimes in Darfur. The United States, while opposing South Africa's current efforts,

The United States government has cleared Rwandan Major General Karenzi Karake of war crimes allegations and repeated its call to have his contract extended in Darfur.

Recently, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) sought for a warrant of arrest on the President of Sudan, Omar Hassan Al-Bashir. He is being accused of crimes against humanity.

IN a move similar to last year's events when Police rearrested People's Redemption Army rebel suspects shortly after the High Court had granted them bail, Police swung into action moments after court had ordered the release of three Buganda Kingdom

A team of eight senior military officers of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) arrived in the country this weekend for a study tour of the organization and management of Rwanda's military and defence establishments, the Military Spokesman has said.

One ardent reader last week expressed his disappointment that for once, this column, had lost its objectivity when it supported the trial of Sudanese President Al-Bashir for crimes against humanity.

Arusha may have lost it to The Hague in hosting a special tribunal for Darfur four years ago, but it is a decision that Sudan seems to regret now.

South African President Thabo Mbeki yesterday called on the International Criminal Court not to prosecute Sudan's President Hassan Omar al-Bashir for alleged genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, allegations he claimed, may upset Darfur peace process.

The UNAMD Joint Special Representative (JSR), Mr. Rodolphe Adada today received a report titled "Putting People First," which was compiled by the Darfur Consortium, which groups more than 50 African-based and Africa-focused NGOs working to promote a just, peaceful and

In the low-roofed, wall-draped hall in the centre of Juba, Angelina Dwoki Terso dances to the rhythm of the music blurring out of the giant speakers placed next to the exist.

The failure of world leaders to keep their promises on peacekeeping has condemned millions of Darfurians to more fear and suffering, without protection from violence, according to a new report released today by the Darfur Consortium, a coalition of more