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Gunmen attack power plant, police post in I.Coast
Oct 15, 2012 08:16 EDT
Gunmen attacked a power plant overnight in Ivory Coast's economic capital Abidjan, while police came under attack at Bonoua, further east, Defence Minister Paul Koffi Koffi said Monday.
ICoast ex-leader's party derides charges of Islamist links, attacks
Oct 14, 2012 14:36 EDT
Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo's party Sunday derided a report that suggested there were links between his backers in exile and Islamists in neighbouring Mali.
Kadhafi son 'would be hanged in Libya'
Oct 10, 2012 07:36 EDT
Moamer Kadhafi's son Seif al-Islam without a doubt would get a death sentence if tried in Libya, his lawyer told International Criminal Court in the Hague on Wednesday.
Libya has evidence to try Kadhafi son, say lawyers
Oct 09, 2012 16:37 EDT
Libya has enough evidence to charge Moamer Kadhafi's son Seif al-Islam with crimes against humanity, lawyers told the International Criminal Court on Tuesday amid a dispute over where he should face justice.
Libya says has evidence to try Khadhafi son Seif
Oct 09, 2012 10:27 EDT
Libya has enough evidence to charge Moamer Kadhafi's son Seif al-Islam with crimes against humanity, lawyers told the International Criminal Court on Tuesday amid a dispute over where he should face justice.
Libya says has evidence to try Khadafi son Seif
Oct 09, 2012 07:02 EDT
Libya has enough evidence to charge Moamer Kadhafi's son Seif al-Islam with crimes against humanity, lawyers told the International Criminal Court on Tuesday amid a dispute over where he should face justice.
Congolese warlord appeals international court jailing
Oct 03, 2012 13:18 EDT
The International Criminal Court's first convict, Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga, on Wednesday appealed his 14-year sentence for using children in his rebel army, his lawyers said.
Ivory Coast opens first major trial of soldiers in political crisis
Oct 02, 2012 15:26 EDT
The first major trial opened Tuesday of soldiers loyal to ousted Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo in connection with crimes during the country's post-election crisis in 2010-2011.
First major trial of Ivorian soldiers in political crisis
Oct 02, 2012 09:55 EDT
Ivory Coast is putting soldiers loyal to former president Laurent Gbagbo on trial Tuesday, the first major case in connection with the country's post-election crisis in 2010-2011.
Ex-Ivorian leader's spokesman charged with murder in Ghana
Oct 01, 2012 17:41 EDT
Ghanaian authorities on Monday charged the spokesman for Ivory Coast's ex-leader Laurent Gbagbo with murder following a warrant from his home country, days after he was granted bail while awaiting an extradition hearing.
Spokesman for I.Coast's Gbagbo re-arrested in Ghana: lawyer
Sep 28, 2012 19:54 EDT
Police in Ghana on Friday re-arrested the spokesman for ex-Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo, Justin Kone Katinan, days after he was granted bail while facing an extradition hearing, his lawyer said.
UN condemns Mali rights abuses
Sep 28, 2012 13:09 EDT
The UN Human Rights Council harshly condemned Friday human rights abuses in Mali, including the use of child soldiers, violence against women and children as well as the destruction of holy sites.
Lebanon 'failing to cooperate with Hariri court'
Sep 28, 2012 12:01 EDT
Lebanon has ignored repeated requests to cooperate with a UN-backed court probing billionaire ex-premier Rafiq Hariri's 2005 murder, defence lawyers said Friday.
Ivory Coast to ratify ICC treaty
Sep 27, 2012 09:03 EDT
Ivory Coast plans to amend its constitution to enable the country to ratify the Statute of Rome, which set up the International Criminal Court (ICC), the government announced Thursday.
E. Guinea takes France to international court over probe
Sep 26, 2012 11:15 EDT
Equatorial Guinea has asked the International Court of Justice to order France to end a graft probe into leader Teodoro Obiang Nguema's family, a lawyer for the oil-rich African nation said Wednesday.
Ghana grants bail to spokesman of ex-I. Coast leader
Sep 25, 2012 08:09 EDT
A court in Ghana on Tuesday granted bail to the spokesman of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo, Justin Kone Katinan, as prosecutors were not ready to start extradition proceedings against him.
Shell wants Greenpeace protest ban or hefty fine
Sep 21, 2012 12:28 EDT
Royal Dutch Shell counter-attacked against Greenpeace on Friday, asking a judge to ban the group protesting near any of its property, with a million-euro fine as the cost of flouting the ruling.
Shell wants Dutch court to ban Greenpeace protests
Sep 21, 2012 05:57 EDT
Royal Dutch Shell is taking Greenpeace to court to prevent protests within 500 metres of its property in the Netherlands or face a million-euro fine, the environmental group and Shell said Friday.
At least 30 dead in 'air strike' on Syria fuel station
Sep 20, 2012 11:01 EDT
At least 30 civilians were killed and dozens more wounded Thursday in an explosion at a petrol station in northeastern Syria, a human rights group said, with activists saying it was an air strike.
110 killed or wounded in Syria blast: watchdog
Sep 20, 2012 10:04 EDT
At least 110 civilians were killed or wounded in an explosion at a petrol station in the village of Ain Issa, in Raqa province in northeast Syria, a Britain-based watchdog said Thursday.
