The International Criminal Court’s Appeals Chamber reversed a Pre-Trial Chamber decision that denied the application for genocide charges against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.
The Nigeria-based Socio-Economic Rights & Accountability Project called upon the International Criminal Court to open an inquiry into the deadly sectarian vioelnce in Jos.
A wave of bombings in Somaliland raises fears that the Shabab insurgents in neighboring Somalia are trying to destabilize the de facto independent republic.
King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo of South Africa’s AbaThembu people announced that the tribal homeland—covering a vast area of the republic’s territory—has seceded.
The First People of Kalahari announced that the San Bushmen will take their land dispute case against the Botswana government to the International Court of Justice.
Nigerian authorities imposed a curfew in the north-central city of Jos after four days of fighting between Muslims and Christians killed at least 200 people.
Thousands of internally displaced in Somalia’s central town of Beletweyne are on the move again following 10 days of fighting between rival Islamist militias.
The US filed a new indictment against alleged Somali pirate Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse, claiming that he led the takeover of two additional ships. Muse pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The Nigerian army confirmed that a Chevron pipeline had been sabotaged, leading to the shutdown of 20,000 barrels a day in the Niger Delta.
World-renowned political organizer and one of Africa’s most celebrated poets, Dennis Brutus, died early on Dec. 26 in Cape Town, in his sleep, aged 85.
The Red Cross says that of the 39 killed in a clash between government forces and the Yan Kala-Kato Islamic sect in the Nigerian state of Bauchi, some 60% were children.
Chad launched air-strikes against rebels supposedly backed by Sudan, while Sudanese security forces used tear gas to break up opposition protests in Khartoum.
