Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military leader, has lost an appeal against his convictions for masterminding genocide and other atrocities throughout Bosnia’s 1992-1995 war. Tuesday’s verdict by five judges at the UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals at The Hague is final and
It was a celebration of sorts among family and friends as the longest-serving Jordanian prisoner in an Israeli jail, Abdullah Abu Jaber, arrived home after
The United States has Imposes a Visa ban on those it viewed as undermining peace efforts in Cameroon following the escalated crisis between government forces
Brenda Nantongo, the slain daughter of Uganda's outgoing Transport and Works minister Gen Katumba Wamala, will be buried on Thursday in Kikandwa village, Mukono District in the central region of the country, while dressed in a wedding gown. The 32-year-old died Tuesday after the car
People who promote insurrection in Nigeria face a "rude shock", its president warned on Tuesday, raising the possibility of a fierce crackdown on rising violence
The African Union has followed in the footsteps of the regional ECOWAS in suspending Mali in response to last week's military coup and threatened sanctions
Twitter has deleted a tweet wherein President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria threatened what many security experts had termed genocidal threats against separatists like the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who are calling for self-realization from the eastern part of the country. He said he would
United Nations representatives have denounced the potential forced expulsion of Palestinian families from their homes in occupied East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood as a “violation
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday recognized his country's role in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, from backing a genocidal regime to ignoring warnings of
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff. Yahaya replaces Lt General Attahiru was killed in a plane crash on Friday. Prior to his appointment Major General Yahaya was the General Officer Commanding 1 Division of