‘Republic of South Africa withdraws from international criminal court (ICC) ‘

‘Republic of South Africa withdraws from international criminal court (ICC) ‘

South Africa is pulling out of the international criminal court (ICC) because its obligations are inconsistent with domestic laws giving sitting leaders diplomatic immunity, the country’s justice minister, Michael Masutha, has said.   Pretoria said last year it planned to leave the ICC after receiving criticism for ignoring a court order to arrest the visiting Sudanese president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who is accused of genocide and war crimes. Bashir has denied the accusations. On Friday…

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4 Burundi Ex-Army Generals Jailed For Life For Their Role In Failed May Coup

4 Burundi Ex-Army Generals Jailed For Life For Their Role In Failed May Coup

  Conflict and strife continue to bedevil the central African state of Burundi with the UN human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein raising warning flags over the escalation of violence coupled with chilling allegations of security forces behind the gang rape assaults on women, ethnic genocides and mass graves.   At the same time four ex generals have been sentenced to life in prison for their part in the failed, Burundi May coup, whilst…

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TWO PRESIDENTIAL TERMS IS LIKE TWO WEEKS TO SOME OF US’-MUGABE

TWO PRESIDENTIAL TERMS IS LIKE TWO WEEKS TO SOME OF US’-MUGABE

Zimbabwe’s President, Robert Mugabe has, unsurprisingly come out in full defiance to the  the two-term limit imposed upon African leaders, at a time when he is serving his seventh term in office at the helm of Zimbabwe’s politics. Robert Mugabe was addressing delegates at the opening session of the African Union, as the Chairman of the African Union (AU)  in Sandton on Sunday afternoon Mugabe, stating  “we [in Africa] put a rope around our own neck…

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