Facing hurdles from U.S., war crimes judges reject Afghan probe
Just days after the United States’ government revoked the visa of the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor, judges at the ICC on Friday rejected her request to open an investigation into alleged atrocities in the war in Afghanistan, citing practic…
U.S. declassifies final tranche of records on Argentina ‘Dirty War’
The U.S. government has released a final tranche of classified documents on human rights abuses in Argentina related the country’s 1976-83 “Dirty War,” the seven-year period when a military dictatorship cracked down on left-wing opponents.
Canada’s Trudeau isn’t talking about it, but legal pot is going well
Long lines formed on a sub-zero morning last week to buy marijuana over the counter from three different shops in Ottawa, the first capital in the industrialized world to open them.
With Bouteflika gone, hundreds of thousands protest in Algeria to demand more change
Hundreds of thousands of protesters rallied in Algiers for an eighth successive Friday to demand the departure of the ruling elite, witnesses said, as Algeria prepares for a presidential election in July.
Ethiopia arrests 59 officials over corruption, economic sabotage
Ethiopian authorities have arrested 59 government officials on suspicion of corruption and economic sabotage, the attorney general said on Friday, in the latest sweeping crackdown by the administration.
Factbox: Leading Sudanese security figures
Officers who ousted President Omar al-Bashir from three decades in power have announced that a military council will run Sudan for a transitional period lasting up to two years, followed by elections.
Uzbek leader’s daughter named deputy head of state media body
The elder daughter of Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has been appointed deputy head of a newly established state agency in charge of communications and media regulation, the agency said in a statement on Friday.
With Bouteflika gone, tens of thousands protest in Algeria to demand more change
Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in Algiers for an eighth successive Friday to demand the departure of the ruling elite as Algeria prepares for a presidential election in July.
Congolese troops kill 36 Burundi rebels in east: army
Congolese troops killed 36 Burundian rebels in clashes with two armed groups in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo and three soldiers were also killed, the army said on Friday.
Hundreds of thousands demonstrate at Sudan’s defense ministry: witness
Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators thronged the streets surrounding Sudan’s defense ministry compound in the capital Khartoum on Friday, a Reuters witness said.
