Posted on July 4, 2009 by connectafrica
Kenya and the International Criminal Court have agreed on a new deadline to set up a special tribunal to try the ringleaders of post-election violence.
Kenyan ministers promised to establish the tribunal by July 2010 and in the meantime provide the ICC with the details of their investigations.
An ICC spokesman said ministers also promised [...]
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Posted on July 4, 2009 by connectafrica
The African Union says it will halt co-operation with the International Criminal Court over its decision to charge Sudan’s leader with war crimes.
President Omar al-Bashir was indicted over alleged atrocities in the Darfur region in March.
But delegates to an AU meeting in Libya agreed a resolution saying they would not co-operate in his [...]
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Posted on July 4, 2009 by connectafrica
A French court has jailed the Algerian singer Cheb Mami for five years for abducting a former partner and forcing her to undergo an attempted abortion.
Cheb Mami, whose real name is Mohammed Khalifati, was found guilty at a trial in Bobigny, a Parisian suburb.
He had denied the charges, telling the court that he [...]
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