On the Way to Ending Impunity: The Cases of Karadzic, Bemba, and Ongwen By Werner Hofs, RtoP Weekly 31 March 2016   Gravestones at the Strebenica-Potocari Memorial Centre in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Michael Buker Last week was an important one for the advancement of international criminal justice and the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP). On 24 March 2016, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) rendered its judgment in

Rwanda confirms finalizing deal with Israel to accept asylum seekers Ilan Lior, Haaertz News  5 April 2015   Rwanda is finalizing a deal to accept Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers deported by Israel, and Uganda will consider doing so, African newspapers have reported, citing Rwandan and Ugandan officials. Israel said last week that two African countries had agreed to accept asylum seekers, but Jerusalem declined to give the countries’

13 killed in S. Sudan ambush, army blames LRA New Vision 26 January 2015   At least 13 people, including three local journalists, were killed in an ambush by the Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel group, in the remote Raja County in the northern part of South Sudan's Western Bahr el Ghazal State, World Bulletin website reported Monday. "The LRA laid an ambush for a convoy that was being led by the commissioner of the county," Army spokesperson

Uganda LRA commander Dominic Ongwen 'to be sent to ICC' BBC  13 January 2015   A senior commander in the Ugandan militia group the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) is to be sent to the International Criminal Court for trial, a Ugandan army spokesman says. Dominic Ongwen, considered by some to be a deputy to LRA chief Joseph Kony, was taken into US custody last week. Rebels in the Central African Republic (CAR) said he was captured; US officials

Uganda suspends officers over Somalia conduct, sex abuse AFP 6 November 2014 Uganda has suspended 15 of its senior military commanders over their conduct in Somalia including allegations of sexual exploitation, the army said Thursday. The action comes in the wake of a damning report by Human Rights Watch which has accused troops with the internationally-funded African Union force in Somalia, AMISOM, of preying on vulnerable women and girls. "We are

Uganda Sends Fresh Troops to Somalia By Nicholas Bariyo, The Wall Street Journal 28 October 2014 Uganda has started sending 2,700 new troops to war-torn Somalia, a military spokesman said on Tuesday, as African Union peacekeeping troops continue efforts to stabilize the nation. The fresh troops will reinforce the security of Somalia’s presidency, the parliament, all ministries and the airport, as well as the country’s sea port, Ugandan army chief,

Uganda to Supply South Sudan Weapons By Nicholas Bariyo, Wall Street Journal 16 October 2014 Uganda will start buying weapons and other military hardware for South Sudan’s government under an agreement signed this week, sparking fears of an escalation in the nearly yearlong fighting between government forces and rebels. The joint military accord comes at a time of faltering peace talks between the two warring sides of South Sudan’s President

On homosexuality: Uganda's religious leaders By Daisy Carrington, CNN 16 October 2014 It all started with David Kato, the Ugandan gay-rights activist who was bludgeoned to death in his home in 2011. That's what first drew award-winning photojournalist Daniella Zalcman to Kampala to meet the country's few but fearless gay-rights activists. A year earlier, Ugandan tabloid Rolling Stone (no connection to the music magazine) published names, addresses

Uganda: Discriminatory legislation fuels repression and abuse Amnesty International 16 October 2014 Repressive and discriminatory legislation enacted over the last 18 months in Uganda has led to increasing state repression, violence and homophobic and gender-based discrimination, according to a new report published by Amnesty International today. “Rule by Law” – Discriminatory Legislation and Legitimized Abuses in Uganda, launching today

Uganda seizes explosives, suicide vests from suspectedal Shabaab cell By Elias Biryabarema, Reuters 15 September 2014 KAMPALA (Reuters) - Police in the Ugandan capital Kampala seized "substantial amounts of explosives" and suicide vests in raids on a suspected al Shabaab cell that was planning an imminent attack, a Ugandan official said in an interview on Sunday. Police arrested 19 people in the operation on Saturday, and Information Minister Rose