Tag: arrest warrant

CAR: UN-backed court issues arrest warrant for ex-president Bozizé over crimes against humanity

May 3, 2024

A United Nations-backed Special Criminal Court (CPS) in the Central African Republic (CAR) has issued an international arrest warrant for the country's exiled former president ... Read More

ICC’s Putin arrest warrant presents dilemma for South Africa before BRICS summit

April 1, 2023

The International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant issued for Russian’s Vladimir Putin has put South Africa’s government between a rock and a hard place, as ... Read More

Three Malian ex-ministers, targeted by arrest warrant, to deny their wrongdoing before court

August 5, 2022

Three former ministers in Mali, targeted by an international arrest warrant for "the crime of forgery, use of forgeries and damage to public property,“ say ... Read More

Ex-Tunisian leader Moncef Marzouki handed four-year prison sentence for treason

December 23, 2021

A court in Tunisia sentenced former President Moncef Marzouki to four years in prison in absentia for working against the interests of the North African ... Read More

Sudan: International Criminal Court Prosecutor Visits Darfur

June 1, 2021

Fatou Bensouda met with authorities and representatives of communities affected by the genocide. The Gambian jurist is nearing the end of her term, but she ... Read More

South Africa: Arrest warrant issued against ANC Secretary General for corruption

November 11, 2020

A new scandal has shaken the increasingly divided South Africa's ruling party, the ANC with the issuing of an arrest warrant against the party’s Secretary ... Read More

Algeria’s military court issues arrest warrant for former Gendarmerie commander Ghali Belksir

August 12, 2020

Algeria’s military court has issued an arrest warrant for retired Gen. Ghali Belksir, former commander of the Gendarmerie on high treason charges. The court ordered ... Read More

Lebanon:Arrest warrant against Algeria’s Sonatrach local CEO

May 6, 2020

A court in Lebanon has issued an arrest warrant against Chief of local Algerian oil company Sonatrach after the company has been accused of selling ... Read More

Libya Issues Arrest Warrants for Libyan, Foreign Migrant Smugglers

March 15, 2018

Libya has issued 205 warrants for the arrest of Libyans and foreigners suspected of being involved in a smuggling networks sending illegal migrants to Europe. ... Read More

Libya: Haftar’s Military Commander under International Arrest Warrant

August 16, 2017

The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an international arrest warrant for Mahmoud Mustafa Busayf Al-Warfalli, accused of war crimes for the execution of ... Read More