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ICC Life Sentence Sought For Ali Kushayb Over Darfur Crimes

November 18, 2025 5:19 am

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have asked judges to impose a life sentence on Sudanese militia leader Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, saying the severity of his crimes in Darfur more than twenty years ago warrants the court’s maximum punishment.

The sentencing hearings opened Tuesday in The Hague, one month after Abd-Al-Rahman was found guilty of 27 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes.

The request marks a historic moment for the court. Abd-Al-Rahman, widely known as Ali Kushayb, is the first person convicted by the ICC for atrocities committed in Darfur, where government-backed Janjaweed fighters carried out a …

ICC: Court Probes Mass Killings After RSF Seizes Al-Fashir

November 3, 2025 12:41 pm

The International Criminal Court (ICC) says it is gathering evidence of alleged mass killings and sexual violence following the seizure of al-Fashir, the last military stronghold in Sudan’s Darfur region, by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

In a statement released Monday, ICC prosecutors confirmed they had opened an active phase of evidence collection tied to recent atrocities in the city, which fell to the RSF late last month. “Within the ongoing investigation, the office is taking immediate steps regarding the alleged crimes in al-Fashir to preserve and collect relevant evidence for its use in future prosecutions,” the statement said.…

Poland Warns Putin Against Using Its Airspace For Trump Summit

October 21, 2025 9:51 am

Poland has warned Russian President Vladimir Putin against flying through its airspace to attend a planned peace summit in Hungary with US President Donald Trump, saying it could be compelled to enforce an international arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told Radio Rodzina on Tuesday that allowing Putin’s aircraft to transit Polish skies could put Warsaw in a legal bind under international law.

“I cannot guarantee that an independent Polish court won’t order the government to escort such an aircraft down to hand the suspect to the court in The Hague,” Sikorski …

Unrest: ICC Chief Prosecutor Finally Touches Down In Sudan

August 21, 2022 12:01 pm

After weeks of speculation, Africa Daily News, New York can reliably report that Karim Khan who is the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) chief prosecutor has finally gotten to arrive in Sudan, which has been torn apart by unrest since the 2019 ouster of its leader who had been accused of genocide and war crimes.

“The ICC prosecutor and a court delegation will hold a number of meetings with senior officials and he will be visiting the Darfur region,” the state news agency SUNA had reported late Saturday.

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ICC’S Judge: Why Buhari Celebrates Mediocrity

October 3, 2020 10:25 am

The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt) is an international and interorganisational court which is usually opted for as a last resort for the prosecution of serious international crimes, including genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Its treaty, the Rome Statute, was adopted in July 1998 and the court began operations on 1 July 2002, following ad hoc tribunals set up in the 1990s to deal with atrocious crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. 20 years after the Rome Statute, the International Criminal Court has made significant headway in bringing global attention to accountability. States which become

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