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New Law a Boon for Police Reform in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Legislation has been passed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) national assembly aimed at reforming the country’s police force, which, staffed by ex-soldiers and former rebels, riddled with corruption, poorly trained and lacking basic equipment,...
Jean-Pierre Bemba Finally in the ICC Dock
The victims of alleged war crimes in the Central African Republic (CAR) will get their day in court on 22 November when the trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba opens in The Hague.
Burundi Opposition Leader Explains His Week-long ‘disappearance’
The Chairman of the National Liberation Forces (FNL), the former Burundian rebels, Agathon Rwasa, broke his week-long silence to express the reasons for his flight. In a recorded broadcast in a private radio station, Radio Publique Africaine, broadcast...
Trial of Former Democratic Republic of Congo Warlord Postponed to July 5
The Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has decided to postpone the opening date of the trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, originally scheduled for April 27, to Monday July 5, said the ICC in a statement sent Tuesday to APA by the...
International Criminal Court Claims There is a Strong Case Against Kenya
The International Criminal Court (ICC) chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo has disclosed that the Pre-Trial Chamber had been constituted in The Hague to establish whether to commence investigations in Kenya’s post-election violence. He said that he...
DR Congo Opposition Leader Bemba Arrested in Brussels
A former Vice President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Jean-Pierre Bemba, charged by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in the Central African Republic, was on Saturday arrested in the...
