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Jun
11
2021
By The African Mirror
Arrested: Ivory trafficker blamed for DRC park killings

Arrested: Ivory trafficker blamed for DRC park killings

NEWS
PARK rangers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have arrested a militia leader and alleged ivory trafficker whose fighters are accused of killing 19 rangers, authorities have announced. Jackson Muhukambuto, a former army officer who has led various militias in and around Virunga National Park, was detained in the city of Butembo on Tuesday, the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN) said in a statement. Virunga, Africa's oldest national park, is home to over half the world's mountain gorillas and hundreds of elephants. It has been plagued by violence since the late 1990s when two regional wars fought in the…
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May
25
2021
By The African Mirror
Darfur’s 1st war crimes case

Darfur’s 1st war crimes case

NEWS
STEPHEN VAN DEN BERG PROSECUTORS have accused a man of being a "feared and revered" militia leader behind a campaign of deadly raids in Sudan's Darfur conflict, in the build-up to the International Criminal Court's (ICC) first trial linked to the violence. The war crimes prosecutors said Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman was also known as Ali Kushayb, a senior commander of thousands of pro-government "Janjaweed" fighters during the height of the conflict between 2003 and 2004. Abd-Al-Rahman, wearing a face mask and a dark suit, did not speak as a court officer read out 31 charges against him including persecution,…
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Apr
03
2021
By The African Mirror
Central African Republic militia leader dies from injuries, say rebels

Central African Republic militia leader dies from injuries, say rebels

NEWS
A Central African Republic militia leader blacklisted by the United States and the U.N. for human rights abuses including rape and torture has died from injuries he sustained in November, his armed group said yesterday. Sidiki Abass, leader of the Return, Reclamation, Rehabilitation or 3R armed group, died on March 25 at a health centre in Kambakota, around 320km north of the capital Bangui, according to a statement signed by "General Bobbo", who described himself as the new leader of the rebel force. The country has been mired in violence since a coalition of mostly northern and predominantly Muslim rebels…
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