Jammeh, A Spent Force!
Tagged as the worst human rights violator, one of the most callous dictators Africa has ever known and the most autocratic African leader in the 21st Century, Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh dazed...
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Jammeh, A Spent Force!!!
Yahya Jammeh and Adama Barrow in an enhanced photo Tagged as the worst human rights violator, one of the most callous dictators Africa has ever known and the most autocratic African leader in the...
Twenty-Two Years In ‘PAWA’
Now it’s my turn to make the most difficult phone call. The call many world leaders dread. I’m calling Gambia President Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh. I don’t know where he got Jemus...
Bensouda Tells Off Powerful UN Council Over Inaction On Darfur Atrocitie
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda on Tuesday scolded the United Nations for failing to take action in the case of Sudan’s president, whom the ICC is seeking to...
Nasir El Rufai And The Bloodfest In Southern Kaduna (Part 2)
Senator Danjuma La’ah, the Senator representing the good people of Southern Kaduna continued. He said that according to the Leadership Newspaper of 4th December, 2016 under the headline:...
LRA Commander Pleads Not Guilty At ICC
The first former child soldier to appear at the International Criminal Court has pleaded not guilty and told judges he was a victim too. Lords Resistance Army (LRA) commander Dominic Ongwen said the...
Are Killings Ever Justified and Mandated?
The majority of the Ghanaians fear blood which became obvious in the many Coups the country had seen which mostly were a friendly takeover of stronger groups with small blood lost unlike similar...
Namibia Will Stay In ICC If the United States Joins
play videoHe says Africa needs to develop its own systems and institutions Namibia’s president Hage Geingob says his country would remain a member of the International Criminal Court if the United...
Winner of Gambia Poll Eyes New Cabinet, Reforms
The winner of Gambia's presidential election told Reuters on Saturday he was keen to form a new cabinet to get cracking with reforms, a day after veteran leader Yahya Jammeh stunned the tiny west...
Gambians Celebrate After Voting Out ‘billion Year’ Leader
Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh, who once vowed to rule the tiny West African nation for "a billion years", said he had accepted his shock election defeat on Friday, 22 years after seizing power in a...
Yahya Jammeh, What Do You Have Up Your Sleeve?
Can we now talk about Yahya Jammeh? The man who wears the most suspicious smile in the world. A cheery face is the last you would expect of an African warrior as masculine as Mr Jammeh , the man who...
Musings Of A Naïve African
Africa or African states largely have reasonable cause to reconsider their membership of the International Criminal Court, even if it means reversal of their Rome Statute ratification. My stance is...
Rodrigo Duterte Shrugs Off ‘bullsh*t’ ICC Threat
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte denounced what he called "bullsh*t" Western threats to seek his indictment by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over his role in a bloody crackdown on drug...
Withdrawal of African Countries Does Not Make Sense – Judge
A judge at the International Court of Justice ICJ, Julia Sebutinde wants African countries who wants to pull out of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to re-consider. Burundi, the Gambia and...
S. Africa Divided Over ICC Withdrawal
South Africans are divided over the country's decision to pull out of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Last month, South Africa wrote to the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon,...
Sudan Can Expand Impact In Africa
...Summary: “While Khartoum’s geopolitical impacts are felt across Africa; it must review and make the same of its social and economic role in the continent.” ...Summary: “While...
Don’t Always Look To ICC For Adjudication
A human rights lawyer and lecturer at the Queens University, Belfast School of Law in the UK, Dr Yassin Brunger, wants individual countries to be responsible for the adjudication of violations...
FBI Officially Closes Brad Pitt Investigation, No Charges Will Be Filed
The FBI is no longer investigating Brad Pitt regarding his involvement in an alleged incident with a child aboard a private plane on Sept. 15, E! News has learned. An FBI spokesperson released the...
African Exit From ICC Must Be Stopped
The apparent African exodus from the international criminal court must be stopped or the most heinous crimes will be allowed to go unpunished, Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary general and one of...
I Considered Referring US To ICC After Trump Win
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has told an audience that he considered referring the US to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for "post-election violence" following the election of Donald Trump....