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Mahamat Said, a former leader of militia group in the Central African Republic (CAR), faces 14 charges at the International Criminal Court of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The charges include torture, persecution, enforced disappearance, and cruel treatment. Prosecutors have accused Said...

A Munich court convicted Jennifer Wenisch, a German citizen married to an Islamic State fighter, for “crimes against humanity and attempted war crimes” in the aiding and abetting of the murder of a 5-year-old Yazidi girl, sentencing her to 10 years in prison. The conviction is believed to be the...

The leader of the Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia and Colombia's most wanted drug trafficker, Dairo Antonio Usuga ("Otoniel"), was captured. "This is the biggest blow against drug trafficking in our country this century. This hit is only comparable to the fall of Pablo Escobar in the 1990s,"...

Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera declared a unilateral cessation of fighting against armed groups, saying he hoped it would lead to peaceful dialogue. The country has seen recurrent rounds of rebel violence since former president Francois Bozize was ousted in 2013. The...

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte took full responsibility for the bloody war on drugs that has killed thousands of people, but maintained he will never be tried by an international court and would only face a Philippine court and a Philippine judge. The Philippines has come under pressure from...

Two men went on trial over the 2018 murder of an elderly Jewish woman that provoked protests and alarm in France about anti-Semitic crime. The partly burned body of Mirreille Knoll was found in her apartment in central Paris after she had been stabbed 11 times before her home was set on fire. Knoll...

Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and several other members of Sudan’s civilian leadership were arrested as military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan dissolved the transitional government. Hamdok’s arrest followed his refusal to issue a statement in support of the coup. The arrests prompted thousands of...

This sixth round of Syrian Constitutional talks between the Syrian government, opposition, and civil society groups has failed to make meaningful progress according to United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen. In January 2018, at the Russian-hosted Syrian peace conference in Sochi, an...

Members of the Khulumani Support Group, a social movement in South Africa helping victims of apartheid become active citizens, called on the government to honor the recommendations made by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in a protest outside the National Assembly in Cape Town. The group hope...

A United States judge has ruled the United States has no legal basis for holding an Afghan man, Asadullah Haroon Gul, at the notorious US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba since 2007, setting the stage for his potential release. Gul was held for 14 years at Guantanamo without charge and denied...