March 23

• Congo-Kinshasa: Bosco Ntaganda in ICC Custody

  Congolese rebel Bosco Ntaganda, wanted by the International Criminal Court since 2006, was transferred to the ICC Detention Facility in The Hague after surrendering himself to the... Read more »

March 19

• Congo-Kinshasa: Bosco Ntaganda At U.S. Embassy in Kigali

  Congolese rebel Bosco Ntaganda, wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, has been at the US embassy in Kigali since Monday, according to the Rwandan... Read more »

February 21

• Congo-Kinshasa: Bemba Trial to Resume With Protected Defence Witness

  The trial of Congolese senator and former vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba is due to resume Monday with the testimony by video link of a protected witness for the defence. Read more »

February 07

• Congo-Kinshasa: Ngudjolo Is Asylum Seeker in Amsterdam, Says Lawyer

  Former Congolese militiaman Mathieu Ngudjolo, acquitted by the International Criminal Court in December, is currently "held in an asylum seekers' hostel" in the Netherlands,... Read more »

December 19, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: U.S. Calls for Rebels' Arrest

  The United States has appealed for the arrest and prosecution of Congolese rebels Sylvestre Mudacumura and Bosco Ntaganda, both wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC).... Read more »

December 18, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: Hague Court Frees Acquitted Militia Leader

  Judges of the International Criminal Court on Tuesday afternoon rejected a prosecution request to keep Mathieu Ngudjolo in custody pending appeal against his acquittal. Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: Hague Court Acquits Militia Leader

  The International Criminal Court today acquitted alleged former militia leader Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui of all charges of crimes against humanity committed in eastern Democratic... Read more »

December 17, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: Hague Court to Hand Down 2nd Verdict

  On Tuesday, December 18, the International Criminal Court will hand down its second ever verdict, in the case of former Congolese militia leader Mathieu Ngudjolo. He is charged... Read more »

November 22, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: ICC Prosecutor 'Examining' Alleged M23 Crimes

  The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Wednesday that her office is examining alleged crimes committed by M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,... Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: December Verdict for Ngudjolo, Separate Decision for Katanga

  International Criminal Court judges have decided to hand down two separate verdicts in the cases of Mathieu Ngudjolo and Germain Katanga, Congolese former militia leaders who have... Read more »

November 13, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: Bemba Calls For Congolese Unity - From Jail

  Former Congolese vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba has called from his prison cell in The Hague for his compatriots to end the war in the east of their country and avoid its... Read more »

August 14, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: French General Testifies As an Expert in Bemba's Trial

  The first defence witness testifying in Jean-Pierre Bemba's trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC) was called to the stand today as a military expert. A retired French... Read more »

March 14, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: Call for Probe of Uganda, Rwanda Over Warlord Trial

  Human Rights activists and UN-backed organizations welcomed the judgment of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which pronounced on Wednesday Congolese former militia leader... Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: War Crimes Verdict Shocks Militia Leader

  The International Criminal Court on Wednesday pronounced Congolese former militia leader Thomas Lubanga guilty of conscripting and using child soldiers to fight in Ituri (eastern... Read more »

March 12, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: Hague Court to Deliver Verdict on Warlord

  The International Criminal Court (ICC) is slated to deliver its first judgment on Wednesday, March 14 in the case of Congolese Thomas Lubanga. This former leader of a militia based... Read more »

March 09, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: Hague Court to Deliver First Judgement

  The International Criminal Court (ICC) will delivery its first judgment in the case of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo next week, while the President of the International Criminal Tribunal... Read more »

March 06, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: Hague Court Refuses to Release Former V-P

  The Appeals chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) confirmed on March 5 that Jean-Pierre Bemba's request to be temporarily released was rejected. Read more »

February 28, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: Passing of Nkwebe Liriss, Lead Counsel of Bemba

  The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced on Tuesday the death of Nkwebe Liriss, Lead Counsel of Jean-Pierre Bemba's Defence team. Read more »

February 29, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: ICC to Deliver Its First Judgment On March 14

  The International Criminal Court (ICC) will deliver its first judgment in the case of Thomas Lubanga on March 14. In the event of a conviction, the chamber will later consider the... Read more »

February 10, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: Prosecution's Case in Bemba Trial Continues Next Week Before ICC

  Hearing in the case of Jean-Pierre Bemba continues next week at the International Criminal Court (ICC), while there would be no trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for... Read more »

January 27, 2012

• Rwanda: ICC Judges Visits DRC to Evaluate Testimonies in Katanga, Ngudjolo Case

  Judges from the International Criminal Court (ICC) conducted a site visit in Ituri, the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between January 16 and 20, to... Read more »

November 24, 2011

• Rwanda: Victims Request Hearings of Ugandan and Congolese Officials

  A group of child soldiers victims participating in the trial of Mathieu Ngudjolo and Germain Katanga before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday asked the court to... Read more »

November 10, 2011

• Rwanda: Prosecution "Protects Kabila and Museveni", Ngudjolo Claims

  After ten hours of cross-examination before the International Criminal Court (ICC), former militiaman Mathieu Ngudjolo, visibly exhausted, slumped down in tears on Thursday... Read more »

November 07, 2011

• Congo-Kinshasa: Ngudjolo Denies Being in Bogoro the Day of the Massacres

  Testifying in his own defence before the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mathieu Ngudjolo has denied participating in the massacres of civilians at Bogoro (Eastern DRC) in... Read more »

September 28, 2011

• Rwanda: Former Minister Nsengiyumva Freed Under Legal Restrictions

  The Rwandan minister of Public Works in the 1994 interim government, Hyacinthe Rafiki Nsengiyumva, was freed under legal restrictions after spending 51 days on remand in a jail in... Read more »