The trial has opened in Paris of six Somalis charged with taking the 30 crew of luxury sailing ship Le Ponant hostage in the pirate-infested waters of the Gulf of Aden in 2008.
Criticism of the police in Uganda over human rights abuses, the alleged plot to kill Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga, South Africa upping Iranian oil imports despite pressure from the US and ...
The guilty verdict on 11 counts of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity of former Liberian president Charles Taylor has been hailed as a milestone for gender justice.
Although former Liberian President Charles Taylor has been convicted of 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, his level of guilt on each of the the counts differs.
The sacking of four judges in Kenya, press control in South Africa, the Charles Taylor trial in The Hague for war crimes and the Forbes list of the 20 most powerful people in Africa grab the ...
The Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague is due to pass judgement later this morning in the war crimes trial of the former Liberian President Charles Taylor.
The mooted return to frontline politics of a familiar face in South Africa, and news of allegations and denials in Kenya about witness-tampering, are some of the topics in today's African ...
Rwanda's Supreme Court Thursday reduced the sentences being served by two journalists, whose case drew international attention form media and human rights groups.
