Uganda

Farmajo's "regardless of" harming harmless Somalis MOGADISHU, Somalia - Dysfunction, drama and normal mismanagement may finest describe Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo's reign, whose time period expired on February 8, forcing him to hunt legitimacy by all out there means. Because the nation didn't arrange direct elections in time, a dialogue convention attended by most…

Palaver bushes on the pearl of the lagoon ... Abidjan was the positioning of two occasions linked to the anticipated nationwide reconciliation: in Burkina Faso, first; on the Ivory Coast then.In the image, exhausted Blaise Compaoré appears to be like like she's misplaced. To the fitting, Zéphirin Diabré, severe face, straight as an "I". Between the 2 Burkinabè flags. Environment ... The photograph is in fact within the…

Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan child soldier who became commander of the infamous Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), was sentenced to 25 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court on Thursday. Ongwen, 45, whose nom de guerre was "White Ant", was found guilty in February of 61 charges, including murder, rape and sexual addiction during a period of terror in the early 2000s by the LRA, led by the fugitive Joseph Kony. Prosecutors had asked for a 20-year prison…

This former little one soldier who turned commander of the Lord's Resistance Military (LRA) was sentenced to 25 years in jail. He was indicted on 70 counts of battle crimes and crimes in opposition to humanity dedicated by Joseph Kony's group in northern Uganda between 2002 and 2005. He was discovered responsible of 61 of the counts. The decide spoke of a choice "notably troublesome to make".…

Uganda might search suspension of its public debt compensation to keep away from chapter, the finance ministry stated Monday, April 27. problem. as reported from Kampala, Lucie MouillaudFinance Minister Matia Kasaija confirms this: he won't hesitate to renegotiate the deadlines for compensation of state credit. The objective…

War reparations have been at the heart of debates in the International Court of Justice since Tuesday. In 2005, this UN court found Uganda guilty of interfering in the affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and ordered compensation for the damage caused during the Ugandan army's occupation of Ituri, in particular. billion dollars in Kampala.…

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda will meet again and for ten days before the International Court of Justice. In 2005, the UN Court of Justice had already declared Uganda guilty of interference in the Eastern DRC, occupied by the Ugandan army between 1998 and 2003. Kinshasa and Kampala should have agreed on the amount…

Dominic Ongwen comes out of his silence. The former head of the LRA is still on trial in The Hague before the ICC, which in early February found him guilty of 61 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in northern Uganda between 2002 and 2005. As criminal hearings have taken room since Wednesday, this former trust man of Joseph Kony told his story and shares his problems and regrets.…

The United Nations Population Fund publishes "State of the World Population 2021" on Wednesday 14 April. With the title this year My body belongs to me, and the report is devoted for the first time to the power and freedom that women have at their disposal over their bodies, without coercion or violence, in different parts of the world, and especially in Africa.…

Huang Xia, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy to the Great Lakes of Africa, is a guest of Christophe Boisbouvier. The Chinese diplomat returns to the hot spots of the moment when a new government has just taken office in the Democratic Republic of Congo: insecurity in the eastern part of the country and MONUSCO's involvement in the same region, disrupted by the presence of armed groups, or even…