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Former priest acquitted on genocide

afrol News, 18 November - The United Nations court has acquitted Former Catholic priest, Father Hormisdas Nsengimana, who was facing charges of the infamous Rwanda’s 1994 genocide. Father Nsengimana, had been imprisoned for seven years since his 2002 arrest in Cameroon.

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Security Council calls for protection of civilians

afrol News, 18 November - The Security Council has called on United Nations missions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Central African Republic (CAR) and Sudan to coordinate strategies to protect civilians from the rebel Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), which has killed, kidnapped and displaced thousands of people.

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UN envoy backs Congo’s fight against rebels

afrol News, 10 November - The UN envoy in Democratic Republic of Congo, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has pledged support to the Congolese government to root out armed militias in eastern part of the country.

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Kenya
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ICC to investigate Kenya’s post election violence

afrol News, 9 November - The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has announced that he will ask the tribunal to open an investigation into the post-election violence in Kenya in December 2007 and January 2008.

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Central African Republic
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"Send Central African leaders to ICC"

afrol News, 5 November - Only days after the former President of the Central African Republic, Ange-Félix Patassé, returned home after a 6-year exile, human rights groups demand he be sent directly to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes. Also the current President is accused of grave war crimes.

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» 05.11.2009 - Rwandan tea baron jailed over genocide
» 02.11.2009 - Sierra Leone judge takes over Taylor case
» 29.10.2009 - Darfurian rebel died in detention, AI argues
» 26.10.2009 - Tribunal up-holds sentence for 3 former rebels
» 22.10.2009 - EU considering sanctions on Guinea
» 21.10.2009 - US backs arms embargo on Guinea
» 19.10.2009 - Ethiopia rebels deny state media reports
» 16.10.2009 - Arrest Al Bashir - ICC
» 16.10.2009 - UN expert calls for independent investigation into DRC killings
» 15.10.2009 - Nizeyimana pleads not guilty before ICTR
» 14.10.2009 - ICC prosecutor invited for talks in Kenya
» 14.10.2009 - Dafur sanctions' monitoring mandate expanded
» 06.10.2009 - Former Rwandan intelligence officer handed to ICTR
» 24.09.2009 - ICTR's trial of Ngirabatware commences
» 23.09.2009 - Rwandan fugutive handed to ICTR
» 17.09.2009 - Former Rwanda official pleads guilty to war crimes
» 09.09.2009 - Commissioner calls for urgent reforms in DRC’s security
» 07.09.2009 - Fresh talks expected next month in Sudan
» 03.09.2009 - Bemba to remain in ICC custody
» 28.08.2009 - LRA attacks uproot thousands in DRC
» 14.08.2009 - Bemba granted conditional release
» 10.08.2009 - Eritrea dismiss insurgents support allegations as smear campaign
» 05.08.2009 - Security Council strengthens protection of children in war
» 28.07.2009 - Ban calls for tough measures against sexual violence
» 20.07.2009 - Uganda urged to charge or release five detainees
» 09.07.2009 - Annan submits Kenyan post election lists to ICC
» 07.07.2009 - Liberian president angered by TRC report
» 19.06.2009 - UN condemns latest Somali bombing
» 17.06.2009 - Congo deny reports on Bemba’s case
» 12.06.2009 - Revival of peace talks in Uganda critical – EU official
» 12.06.2009 - Expelled agencies not welcome - Khartoum
» 05.06.2009 - International courts appeal for cooperation from member states
» 03.06.2009 - Ethiopia rebels accuse oil companies of genocide
» 28.05.2009 - International court rules against Habre’s detention in Senegal
» 20.05.2009 - Sudan sentences nine men to death
» 19.05.2009 - Rights groups call for civilian protection in Congo
» 18.05.2009 - Darfur rebel leader appears before international court
» 12.05.2009 - Authorities ready for BBC suspension talks
» 12.05.2009 - Comprehensive strategies critical for Kivu peace, ICG says
» 11.05.2009 - UN envoy condemns rebels attacks in DRC
» 08.05.2009 - Attacks on peacekeepers constitute war crimes, UN warns
» 06.05.2009 - Rwanda seeks neutral country trial for Nkunda
» 04.05.2009 - Taylor's acquittal plea thrown out
» 30.04.2009 - UN calls for a 'full stop' on child victimisation in conflict zones
» 22.04.2009 - Expulsion of aid agencies in Sudan detrimental to civilians, UN
» 21.04.2009 - Nkunda not illegally detained - court
» 09.04.2009 - Former MP asks ICC to prosecute govt officials
» 08.04.2009 - S/Leone rebels sentenced
» 08.04.2009 - UN calls for end of violence in CAR
» 07.04.2009 - Belgium calls for ex-Chad president's trial
» 06.04.2009 - Lawyers seek Taylor’s acquittal
» 02.04.2009 - Mbeki in Darfur for talks
» 01.04.2009 - ICC warns to act on Kenya if tribunal not established
» 31.03.2009 - No further talks with rebels – Uganda
» 30.03.2009 - Congo and Rwanda to continue discussions on Nkunda’s extradition
» 27.03.2009 - Kenyan police caught in mistaken identity crisis
» 27.03.2009 - Khartoum urged to reconsider its decision on aid agencies
» 26.03.2009 - Al Bashir travels to Ethiopia
» 25.03.2009 - Over a million will go without food rations by May - UN says
» 25.03.2009 - ICC should be a last resort, HRW urges Kenya
» 24.03.2009 - DRC to release rebels in the new peace deal
» 23.03.2009 - Clerics fear Al Bashir’s arrest on trip to Qatar
» 18.03.2009 - Al Bashir administration would bear responsibility for Darfur crisis, US
» 16.03.2009 - UN commits to work with government to fill agency gaps
» 13.03.2009 - Aid workers’ kidnapers demand ransom
» 10.03.2009 - UN fight to reverse the expulsion of aid group in Sudan
» 10.03.2009 - Conviction of Mai Mai leader is justice served for victims - HRW
» 09.03.2009 - Rwanda tribunal takes Kenya to Security Council
» 06.03.2009 - Mbeki appoint to mediate ICC-Sudan squabble
» 05.03.2009 - Al-Bashir rejects ICC ruling
» 05.03.2009 - UN demobilises 880 children in DRC
» 04.03.2009 - Will Sudan submit to ICC's warrant of arrest for Al Bashir?
» 04.03.2009 - LRA top official captured
» 03.03.2009 - UN to keep peacekeepers in Sudan
» 02.03.2009 - MP sentenced to life for genocide
» 25.02.2009 - Rwandan troops pull out in DRC
» 24.02.2009 - ICC to rule on Al Bashir in March
» 20.02.2009 - Belgium sues Senegal for delayed dictator’s trial
» 19.02.2009 - UN condemns attack on civilian in DRC
» 12.02.2009 - No decision yet on Al Bashir - ICC
» 10.02.2009 - Govt and rebels seek peace agreement for Darfur
» 05.02.2009 - Darfur rebels threaten to recapture town
» 03.02.2009 - Court upholds sentence for genocide perpetrator
» 03.02.2009 - HRW calls for arrest of former rebel leader
» 29.01.2009 - Uganda rebels killed 100 in DRC
» 28.01.2009 - Sudanese spy slapped with 17 year jail term
» 26.01.2009 - Congo warlord denies war crimes
» 23.01.2009 - Congo rebel leader arrested
» 20.01.2009 - 2,000 Rwandan troops advance into Congolese borders
» 20.01.2009 - Tanzania to send 918 troops to Sudan
» 13.01.2009 - Genocide tribunal rejects Rwanda's extradition call
» 09.01.2009 - Rwandan top aide returns to France for trial
» 18.12.2008 - Rwandan former army colonel gets life
» 16.12.2008 - HRW warns against violence on civilians as Great Lakes hunts Kony
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