A new Human Rights Watch report on the ICC’s work in the West African country paints a picture of a court

Prudentienne Seward, a survivor of the Rwanda genocide against Tutsis and Founder of PAX (Peace for the African

Goton, a Muslim, was the mayor of Bossemptélé, a trading center of 22,000 residents in the Central African In Yaloké, they came under the “protection” of African peacekeepers. “Those African troops, they demanded money for us to get on the trucks. combined effects of population increase, land scarcity, and desertification have brought them further south Ukraine, the brutality of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, and the devastating Ebola crisis in West Africa

“In Uganda, in Africa, if you’re gay, every day you have to watch out,” Devine told me.

Commissioner for Human Rights concerning crisis situations such as those in Syria, Iraq, the Central African Republic, Sudan, South Sudan, Nigeria, and Myanmar

have suffered in silence and fear while the perpetrators have walked free,” said Meenakshi Ganguly, South

and cooperate in its implementation, including by pulling back from its forward military positions south international constituencies including the guarantors and witnesses of the Algiers agreement – the African

In South Sudan, South Sudan Liberation Army (SSLA) rebels continued to attack towns in Unity State, and Latest Updates Africa Burundi Troops 21 Nov clashed with recently-formed Forces for the Restoration Central African Republic Gunmen 9 Nov killed 2 soldiers in attack on Ubangui river 30km SW of Bangui. South Sudan North-South relations further deteriorated when Sudanese Armed Forces reportedly launched Middle East & North Africa Israel/Palestine PA President Abbas and Hamas politburo head Meshal met 24

Latest Updates Africa Burund i Prospect of peace talks between Front National de Libération (FNL) rebels Central African Republic Clashes between army and bandits in northwest displaced over 4,000 villagers Meanwhile daily violence continued in south. Middle East & North Africa Israel/Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas asked Hamas’ Ismail Haniyeh to form Rumsfeld met President Bouteflika in 3-day North Africa tour, stating intention to deepen military and

Ethiopia-Eritrea impasse carries serious risk of a new war and is a major source of instability in the Horn of Africa

In Central African Republic, the conflict between armed groups is now compounded by a conflict between Executive Summary Crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) is longterm and characterised by sporadic in the north, the Sahel with its pastoralist communities and majority Muslim merchants, and in the south , Central Africa with its communities of the savanna, initially animist but now predominantly Christian This would lessen the appeal of the militia economy for CAR’s youth.

The announcement comes after a debacle earlier this year when the cracks in South Africa’s relationship As an ICC signatory South Africa was obliged to arrest him, but didn’t. At the time South Africa hinted that the court was “no longer useful”, but now it’s gone a step further This is the great tragedy of South Africa’s new stance: the victims of real atrocities in Uganda, in The decision does not even make sense in pursuit of South Africa’s national interest.