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South Africa is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court, according to a document seen by Reuters on Thursday, a move that would take effect one year after notice is formally received by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Check Also: Burundi Signed To Quit ICC – Nkurunziza A UN spokesman declined to confirm receipt of the document, which is signed by South ...

JUDY WOODRUFF: Next: In a world struggling to accommodate a record number of refugees, one country has been notably welcoming. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro has a report from Uganda. It’s part of his Agents for Change series. Check also: Poland Is Nolonger Prepared To Take Refugees As It Had Agreed FRED DE SAM LAZARO: Nakivale in Southern Uganda looks like any ...

Uganda Police officers on Wednesday threw out household property of colleagues who had refused to vacate houses in city barracks. check also: Is The Uganda Police Really Making Miracles? The Uganda police authorities had given the officers and their families’ an ultimatum of two days; starting Monday, to vacate the barracks and relocate to their new duty stations. At Kabalagala ...

President Pierre Nkurunziza on Tuesday signed legislation enabling Burundi to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC). Check Also: Bashir Mocks ICC, He Travels To Rwanda Despite ICC Arrest Warrant A copy of the law seen by journalists and dated October 18 allows “the Republic of Burundi’s withdrawal from the Rome statute”, the ICC’s founding treaty. The next step will be ...

Kigeli V Ndahindurwa, who ruled his tiny country in central Africa for just nine months before fleeing into exile in 1960, passed away on Sunday in the United States. He was 80. Check also: Meet The World’s Youngest Ruling King, Oyo Nyimba The last in a long-line of monarchs drawn from Rwanda’s Tutsi minority, Kigeli V was ousted by a Belgian-backed ...