war crimes

International Court Convicts Congo Rebel Leader

Germain Katanga will be sentenced at a separate hearing.
03/07/2014
Hundreds Die in Nigerian Military Prisons

Global Week in Review: Nigerian Forces Kill More Than Boko Haram?

9 Photos

Congo’s “Terminator” Turns Himself in to ICC

Bosco Ntaganda has stumped Rwandan and U.S. diplomats.
03/19/2013
Joseph Kony

Africa on Trial

8 Photos
Mali U.S.

Global Week in Review: U.S. Begins Mali Airlifts

13 Photos
Africa’s Best and Worst Leaders - Upon the conviction of Charles Taylor for war crimes, BET.com takes a look at some of Africa’s best and worst political minds. —Naeesa Aziz(Photo: REUTERS/Jerry Lampen/Landov)

Jailed Charles Taylor Wants His Pension

The war crimes convict called it a "mammoth injustice."
01/17/2013
George Clooney Launches Sudan Aid Crusade - Actor and director George Clooney was arrested outside the Sudanese embassy after testifying before Congress about the decades-long conflict raging along the border between Sudan and South Sudan."What you see is a constant drip of fear," Clooney told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday after returning from a trip to South Sudan’s Nuba Mountains. "We found children filled with shrapnel, including a 9-year-old boy who had both of his hands blown off."(Photo: Kris Connor/Getty Images)

Clooney: Village Burnings in Sudan a War Crime

The actor says 26 villages were razed by Sudanese forces.
12/06/2012
Ex-Ivory Coast President Faces Rape and Murder Charges - Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo was taken into custody at the International Criminal Court Wednesday, where he will face charges of crimes against humanity including murder and rape, stemming from his involvement in fueling post-election violence.\r \r(Photo: EPA/NIC BOTHMA /LANDOV)

International Criminal Court Says Ivory Coast's Gbagbo Fit for Trial

Gbagbo faces charges of crimes against humanity.
11/02/2012
Congolese Warlord Thomas Lubanga to Serve 14 Years for War Crimes - The International Criminal Court found Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga guilty of war crimes for using child soldiers under age 15 and forcing them to participate in a civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was slapped with a jail term of 14 years for the crime.  (Photo: MICHAEL KOOREN /LANDOV/REUTERS)

World Lens — Week in Review: July 10

11 Photos

Judges Sentence Charles Taylor to 50 Years

Taylor will serve his sentence in a British prison.
05/30/2012
Uganda Captures LRA Senior Commander - The Ugandan army claims to have arrested Caesar Achellam, a senior commander in Joseph Kony’s Lord's Resistance Army.Achellam told reporters, "My coming out will have a big impact for the people still in the bush to come out and end this war soon,” according to the BBC. (Photo: REUTERS/James Akena)

World Lens — Week in Review: May 15

11 Photos