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Feb
05
2023
By The African Mirror
Germany has evidence of war crimes in Ukraine ‘in three-digit range,’ prosecutor says

Germany has evidence of war crimes in Ukraine ‘in three-digit range,’ prosecutor says

WORLD
GERMANY has collected evidence of war crimes in Ukraine, the country's prosecutor general said in a newspaper interview published, adding that he saw a need for a judicial process at the international level. "Currently, for example, we are focusing on the mass killings in Bucha or attacks against Ukrainian civilian infrastructure," Peter Frank told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper. So far, prosecutors have pieces of evidence in the "three-digit range", he added, without elaborating. Ukraine and its Western allies have accused Russian forces of committing atrocities in Bucha, a satellite town of Kyiv, soon after launching their invasion last February. Moscow has denied…
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Feb
04
2023
By The African Mirror
Liberian warlord’s trial concludes in Switzerland

Liberian warlord’s trial concludes in Switzerland

NEWS
EMMA FARGE THE appeal hearings of a former Liberian rebel commander convicted of war crimes concluded in a trial that was broadened in its final stages to include crimes against humanity for the first time in Switzerland. Alieu Kosiah, who fought in the 1990s against then-President Charles Taylor's army, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in June 2021 for rape, murder and cannibalism in one of the first trials for war crimes committed in the West African country. During the three weeks of appeal hearings at the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona, the defendant sought to overturn the lower court's ruling, arguing at…
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Nov
04
2022
By The African Mirror
War crimes: France jails Liberian rebel for life

War crimes: France jails Liberian rebel for life

NEWS
RIGHTS groups lauded the conviction in Paris of former Liberian rebel commander Kunti Kamara, who was sentenced to life in prison for atrocities committed during the West African country's first civil war. Kamara was found guilty on Wednesday of perpetrating torture and "barbaric acts" in 1993 when he was part of a rebel group known as the United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy (ULIMO) active during the conflict. One of his lawyers, Maryline Secci, told Reuters in an email on Thursday that she would appeal the sentence. Kamara has maintained his innocence. The Paris Criminal Court that delivered its…
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Apr
07
2022
By The African Mirror
Russian forces bombard Ukraine cities as U.S. sanctions target Putin family

Russian forces bombard Ukraine cities as U.S. sanctions target Putin family

WORLD
NATALIA ZINETS and CONOR HUMPHRIES RUSSIAN artillery bombarded Ukrainian cities, as Ukraine's president urged the West to act decisively in imposing new, tougher restrictions on trade with Russia in response to civilian killings widely condemned as war crimes. The United States announced new sanctions, including on Russian President Vladimir Putin's daughters, days after the grim discovery of civilians shot dead at close range in the Ukrainian town of Bucha north of Kyiv when it was retaken from Russian forces. Pope Francis, without apportioning blame, described the killings as a "massacre" and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the West needed to…
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Apr
04
2022
By The African Mirror
Explainer: How could Russia’s Putin be prosecuted for war crimes in Ukraine?

Explainer: How could Russia’s Putin be prosecuted for war crimes in Ukraine?

WORLD
JACQUELINE THOMSEN and MIKE SCARCELLA UKRAINE has accused Russia of war crimes in the town of Bucha just outside Kyiv, with Germany, France and others expressing outrage at the images of dead civilians. The mayor of Bucha said on Saturday that 300 residents had been killed by Russian troops during a month-long occupation. Victims were seen by Reuters in a mass grave and lying in the streets. Russia's defence ministry denied the Ukrainian allegations, saying footage and photographs showing bodies in Bucha were "yet another provocation" by the Ukrainian government. Russia has previously denied targeting civilians and rejected allegations of…
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Jul
11
2021
By The African Mirror
First trial for Darfur war crimes

First trial for Darfur war crimes

NEWS
JUDGES at the International Criminal Court have ruled that a Sudanese suspect can be charged with 31 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity and have ordered the first trial at the tribunal linked to bloodshed in Sudan's Darfur region. In a decision published yesterday, judges said Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman would face 31 counts including persecution, murder, rape and torture. Prosecutors accuse Abd-Al-Rahman, who they say also went by the name of Ali Kushayb, of being a senior commander of thousands of pro-government "Janjaweed" fighters during the height of the Darfur conflict between 2003 and 2004. "The trial…
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Jun
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Liberian rebel sentenced for war crimes, cannibalism

Liberian rebel sentenced for war crimes, cannibalism

NEWS
EMMA FARGE A Liberian rebel commander was sentenced in Switzerland to 20 years in jail for rape, killings and an act of cannibalism, in one of the only civil war-era cases from his West African country to go to trial. The case was Switzerland's first war crimes trial in a civilian court. It involved 46-year-old Alieu Kosiah who went by the nom de guerre "bluff boy" in the rebel faction ULIMO that fought former President Charles Taylor's army in the 1990s. Kosiah, faced 25 charges at the Swiss Federal Court including killings of civilians, rape and an act of cannibalism.…
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Jun
18
2021
By The African Mirror
Gbagbo back home after decade of exile

Gbagbo back home after decade of exile

NEWS
ANGE ABOA and LOUCOUMANE COULIBALY IVORY Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo, ousted during a civil war in 2011 and acquitted of war crimes in The Hague, is back home from a decade in exile as thousands took to the streets to welcome him. A small number of loyalists allowed into the airport in Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan cheered and screamed as the commercial flight from Brussels landed. Gbagbo, wearing a blue shirt and white face mask, got into a black SUV for the ride to his party's headquarters. Along the route, overjoyed supporters cheered and ran alongside his convoy…
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Jun
03
2021
By The African Mirror
Hand over Bashir ally – ICC

Hand over Bashir ally – ICC

NEWS
THE International Criminal Court has asked Sudan to hand over one of the key people accused of war crimes and genocide in Darfur and an ally of ousted President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, the visiting chief ICC prosecutor has said. The accused, Ahmed Haroun, asked in May to be sent to The Hague, the court's headquarters, complaining that he would not receive a fair trial in Sudan. Chief ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda told a news conference that Bashir, in prison in Khartoum, was still wanted by the ICC and that the court was willing to negotiate with the Sudanese government on…
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May
05
2021
By The African Mirror
Bashir ally would prefer ICC to Sudan court for Darfur trial

Bashir ally would prefer ICC to Sudan court for Darfur trial

NEWS
ONE of the key people accused of war crimes and genocide in Darfur in the early 2000s said yesterday he would prefer to be tried in front of the International Criminal Court (ICC) rather than what he said were biased Sudanese courts. Ousted President Omar al-Bashir has for years resisted the ICC warrants against him and four close allies over the conflict in Sudan's western region that killed an estimated 300,000 people and drove 2.5 million from their homes. They face charges at The Hague of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity for atrocities committed by pro-government forces in…
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