ACDP MP and member of the Justice and Correctional Services Portfolio Committee, Steven Swart, on Tuesday (March 15, 2016) welcomed the Supreme Court of Appeal’s judgment dismissing government’s appeal and finding that its failure to arrest Sudanese President, Omar Al Bashir, was unlawful. Bashir whose regime is implicated in […]
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SA Govt to face contempt of court charges over Bashir?
Originally published in allAfrica.com A South African legal NGO is “strongly considering” bringing contempt of court charges against government officials for allowing President Omar al-Bashir to leave the country on Monday. The Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC), the group which secured a court order for Bashir’s arrest, said in a […]
Ex-cannibal warlord launches book in Cape Town
From ‘General Butt Naked’ to evangelist A preacher who used to be one of the most feared warlords in Liberia was in Cape Town recently to launch his book ”The Redemption of an African warlord: the Joshua Blahyi story’ Joshua Milton Blahyi’s story is like a modern day conversion from […]
$5million bounty for Joseph Kony announced by US
Originally published in Christian Post A $5 million bounty has been put up by the Obama administration on Wednesday for information leading to the capture of Lord’s Resistance Army chief Joseph Kony, as well as two of his top aides, and a Rwandan rebel suspected of crimes against humanity. The […]
Bush, Blair should be tried for war crimes, Tutu Says
Originally published in Christian Post Former US President George W. Bush and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair should be tried as war criminals, Desmond Tutu, the former Anglican Archbishop of South Africa, wrote Sunday. “The immorality of the United States and Great Britain’s decision to invade Iraq in 2003, […]