By Keffyalew Geberemedhin – The Ethiopia Observatory (TEO)
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta is reported to have said he was “excited”, after hearing news Friday that crimes against humanity charges against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC) had been withdrawn.
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Posted by The Ethiopia Observatory (TEO)
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has warned Kenya’s government against leaking information from President Uhuru Kenyatta’s case to the media.
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Posted by The Ethiopia Observatory
In the case The ICC Prosecutor V. Uhuru Kenyatta, the International Criminal Court (ICC) today adjourned the commencement date of the trial date to 7 October 2014. A press release by the Court explained that the purpose of this is to give the defendant “a further, time-limited opportunity to provide certain records, which the Prosecution had previously requested on the basis that the records are relevant to a central allegation to the case.”
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By Keffyalew Gebremedhin – The Ethiopia Observatory
The 22nd summit of the AU had accomplished three tasks. First, the summit either pretended to or tried to discuss how to extinguish the raging fires of conflicts here and there within the region. Of course, conflict in Africa is akin to the summer fires in Australia or North America. Nonetheless, they had to put their emphasis on the Central African Republic and South Sudan.
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Posted by The Ethiopia Observatory
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court in the Hague has rejected an appeal by the former president of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, that he should be released while he awaits trial.
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by Keffyalew Gebremedhin – Posted by The Ethiopia Observatory
As an Ethiopian, the name International Criminal Court (ICC) now automatically brings to my mind how disastrous these past five years have been to Ethiopia’s diplomacy. Perhaps because of the vanity of pure politics, lack of vision, or on account of the leaders’ personality traits, Ethiopian officials seem to ignore that our country has been occupying a unique position in Africa’s regional political and diplomatic history of the past half century.
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by Chantal Presence, The Mail & Guardian, Posted by The EThiopia Observatory
If African victims could get justice in their own countries, there would be no need for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to step in, former UN secretary general Kofi Annan said on Monday.
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by Keffyalew Gebremedhin, The Ethiopia Observatory
On touching down Sunday at Beijing airport, President Kenyatta – otherwise an ICC indictee – tweeted, “Arriving in China. China’s importance to Africa cannot be underrated. China is our biggest partner in development.”
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