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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced former Central African Republic (CAR) football chief Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona to 12 years in prison for 28 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the country’s 2013–2014 civil war. His co-accused, former MP and militia commander Alfred “Rambo” Yekatom, received a 15-year sentence for 20 counts, […]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor announced on Thursday (19 October) that it had released Maxime Mokom because all war crimes charges levied against the former militia leader were dropped. Prosecutor Karim Khan said his office had concluded there were “no longer any reasonable prospects of conviction at trial even if the charges were confirmed.” […]
One Moroccan UN soldier was killed and three others were injured in an attack launched Sunday by Christian armed militia in the Central African Republic targeting UN peacekeepers who were protecting a convoy of water trucks. “The attack took place while the Moroccan peacekeepers were escorting water tankers to the river to help resupply the […]
The death Saturday of a second Moroccan peacekeeper operating under the umbrella of the UN mission in Central African Republic (MINUSCA) was strongly denounced by the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The attack in the city of Bangassou also claimed the lives of civilians. “The Secretary-General is outraged by the attacks perpetrated by suspected anti-Balaka […]
The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) has confirmed the death of the Moroccan peacekeeper previously reported as missing following an ambush by the Anti-Balaka rebels on May 8, 2017 in southeastern CAR. The MINUSCA retrieved the fallen soldier’s body and transferred it to the Royal Armed Forces stationed […]
UN Secretary General vigorously condemned the attack on a convoy of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) known as The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). Four UN peacekeepers have been missing, three Cambodians and one Moroccan, since the ambush by Christian rebel group, Anti-Balaka, […]