insert_link Africa UN rights chief calls for global action as Sudan conflict intensifies The United Nations’ top human rights official has issued a stark warning that Sudan is sliding deeper into a humanitarian and human rights catastrophe, calling on the international community to act decisively to end the war. Speaking to journalists in Nairobi, Kenya, after a five-day mission to Sudan, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said the ongoing conflict has devastated civilian life, crippled essential services, and pushed millions […] today20 January, 2026
insert_link Africa WANTED: Former DRC President Joseph Kabila sentenced to death for treason & war crimes (Photo: Luis Tato/AFP) A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has sentenced former President Joseph Kabila to death in absentia on charges of treason and war crimes. The ruling links Kabila to the long-running M23 rebellion in eastern DRC, a conflict that has destabilised the region for years and displaced thousands of people. The court alleged that Kabila played a role in supporting armed groups responsible for […] today1 October, 2025
insert_link Africa DRC seeks global support to hold perpetrators accountable Secretary-General António Guterres (left at podium) addresses the opening of the 58th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. (Photo: ohchr.org) The Democratic Republic of Congo’s National Human Rights Commission has called on the international community to hold perpetrators of serious crimes in the country’s eastern regions accountable. The appeal was made during the opening of the Human Rights Council’s 60th session in Geneva (8 September - 8 October […] today9 September, 2025
insert_link Business / Economics Putin to Skip 2025 G20 Summit in South Africa Russian president Vladimir Putin will not attend the 2025 G20 summit in South Africa, as previously anticipated. The decision follows a pending arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court over alleged war crimes. South Africa, a signatory of the ICC’s Rome Statute, maintains neutrality in the Russia-Ukraine war but continues ties with Moscow. Putin previously skipped the 2023 BRICS summit in Johannesburg due to similar legal concerns. The ICC […] today22 February, 2025
insert_link Africa UN Security Council pledges full support to peacekeepers in the DRC The United Nations Security Council on Monday pledged its full support for UN peacekeeping in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as fighting in the DRC intensified in recent days. In a statement, the council says attacks against peacekeepers may constitute war crimes. Six UN peacekeepers have been killed since the fighting with M23 rebels escalated. Jody Jacobs has more from the United Nations in New York. today28 January, 2025
insert_link World US returns two Bali bomber Guantanamo detainees The Pentagon has released two detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay facility back to Malaysia. Mohammed Farik bin Amin and Mohammed Nazir bin Lep had admitted carrying out war crimes for the Al Qaeda affiliate group that was responsible for the 2002 Bali bombing. Nick Harper reports from Washington. today19 December, 2024
insert_link Africa Women in Sudan Suffer Systematic Sexual Violence Reuters says a Human Rights Watch report indicates that women in Sudan's South Kordofan state have been subjected to repeated rape and some have been held as sex slaves by fighters from the Rapid Support Forces and allied militias. The RSF, which has been engaged in a brutal 20-month conflict with Sudan’s army, has denied accusations of widespread abuse during the war, which has displaced over 12 million […] today17 December, 2024
insert_link Africa Ugandan Court Orders Compensation for Lord’s Resistance Army Victims A Ugandan court has directed the government to pay up to US$2,740 to each victim of Thomas Kwoyelo, a former commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army says Reuters. In October, Kwoyelo, the first senior LRA member convicted by Uganda’s judiciary, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for war crimes, including murder, rape, enslavement, torture, and kidnapping. today17 December, 2024
insert_link South Africa Cosatu Calls for Enforcement of ICC Arrest Warrants Against Netanyahu and Others Cosatu says the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court last week, show that no individual or state is above international law. The arrest warrants were issued for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Defence minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas military leader Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri, for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Cosatu’s, Matthew Parks, says the international community must ensure these arrest warrants are enforced: today25 November, 2024
