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January 29, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
The African Quest for an Alternative to the International Criminal Court at The Hague

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has been active in sub-Saharan Africa. Seven investigations have been launched in Uganda, Kenya, Sudan, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of…

Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo listens to the first sentence delivered by the International Criminal Court (ICC), at the ICC courtroom in the Hague July 10, 2012.

December 30, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
Kenyatta ICC Trial Temporarily Adjourned

On December 19, International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda asked the judges to adjourn the trial date of Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta because one of the prosecution’s witnesses is now …

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta arrives for the extraordinary session of the African Union's Assembly of Heads of State and Government on the case of African Relationship with the International Criminal Court (ICC), in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, October 12, 2013.

September 6, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
Kenya Churns Over the International Criminal Court

Deputy President William Ruto’s International Criminal Court (ICC) trial for crimes against humanity associated with the 2007 elections opens September 10 in The Hague. President Kenyatta’s trial is …

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta attends the opening of the 11th Parliament in the capital Nairobi April 16, 2013.

September 30, 2015

Sub-Saharan Africa
The International Criminal Court and Africa’s Cultural Heritage

In 2012 radical, jihadist Islamist groups overran northern Mali with Taureg allies. Before they were defeated by French and Malian troops in 2013, the al-Qaeda linked rebels governed the territories …

al-Faqi ICC

February 5, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
Racism in Mali

Throughout the Mali crisis, the role of racism in shaping the conflict has not received much emphasis, at least in U.S. commentary. Yet, it plays an important role on the ground. Mali is on the divi…

1.	 A Malian soldier talks with civilians in central Timbuktu January 31, 2013. Mali's president offered Tuareg rebels talks on Thursday in a bid for national reconciliation after a French-led offensive drove their Islamist former allies into mountain hideaways.