Unknown gunmen attacked the home of Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto on Saturday seriously injuring a policeman, less than two weeks before the country votes in high-stakes polls, two security sources told AFP. Ruto was not home during the attack. An officer from the elite police General Service Unit (GSU) seriously injured, a security official … Read more
South Africa has formally revoked its controversial decision to leave the International Criminal Court following last month’s High Court ruling that such a move would be unconstitutional. Notice of Pretoria’s decision to end the withdrawal process was posted on the UN’s treaty website this week, although it does not necessarily spell the end of its … Read more
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has told an audience that he considered referring the US to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for “post-election violence” following the election of Donald Trump. It shows how far the ICC’s reputation has fallen, BBC Monitoring’s Africa Security Correspondent Tomi Oladipo says. Earlier this year the ICC “terminated” charges against Kenya’s … Read more
The Hague (AFP) – Kenya failed to work with the International Criminal Court in its probe over post-election violence against President Uhuru Kenyatta, the tribunal said Monday, some 18 months after the case spectacularly collapsed. “The Republic of Kenya had failed to comply with its obligations to cooperate with the ICC,” its judges said in … Read more