The Belgian court’s landmark verdict of crimes against humanity for kidnapping of mixed-race children is hailed as a turning point that “surely opens the door” to those seeking financial compensation for forced separation from their parents and other colonial-era injustices. In a landmark ruling in December, Belgium’s court of appeal decided that the “systematic kidnapping” […]
Janjaweed leader Mohamed Ali Addelraman, aKs Ali Kushayb, was transferred this Tuesday morning, from Bangui airport, in the Central African Republic, to the International Criminal Court in the Hague. He has been wanted since 2007 in the ICC investigations of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in the Darfur conflict back in 2003 […]
Formally begun in 2007 by the African Union, the Sahel’s green wall which consisted in planting trees to fight desertification has been facing headwinds partly due to drought, conflict and lack of funding. The project is estimated to cost 36 billion dollars and be completed after 17 years from its launch but was hampered by […]
