Sudan: ICC Sounds Alarm Over Alleged Atrocities in Al Fasher

The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor on Monday expressed grave concern over alleged mass killings, sexual violence and other abuses in Sudan’s Al Fasher, warning that such acts may constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity under the Rome Statute. The statement follows the Rapid Support Forces’ seizure of the city on 26 October, following 18 […]

Mali: arrest of four executives from Canadian firm Barrick Gold

Four executives from the Barrick Gold Corporation have been detained in Mali, the Canadian mining company has confirmed, adding that all these employees of its Loulo-Gounkoto mining complex had been charged and detained pending trial. The arrests come as the Sahel country’s military regime intensifies efforts to impose additional taxes on foreign mining companies by […]

Palestine: Egypt begins construction of wall at border with Gaza

Egypt Wednesday began construction of a concrete wall along border with Gaza to thwart illegal trafficking from inside the enclave controlled by the Hamas movement. Egyptian cranes and workers launched the construction along the lines of an old, lower barrier that stretches three kilometers (two miles) from Gaza’s southeastern tip at Karem Shalom to the […]