TRIAL BEGINS OF CENTRAL AFRICAN EX-PRESIDENT BOZIZE OVER WAR CRIMES. (PHOTO).

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 Trial begins of Central African ex-president Bozize over war crimes A UN-backed court in the the Central African Republic will on Tuesday begin the trial in absentia of former president Francois Bozize, over crimes against humanity committed between 2009 and 2013. The alleged crimes committed by members of Bozize's security forces include murder, enforced disappearance, torture and rape. Bozize, 79, who seized power in a 2003 coup before being overthrown 10 years later by rebels, has been living in exile in Guinea-Bissau since March 2023. But three of his former senior military officers, Eugene Barret Ngaikosset, Vianney Semndiro and Firmin Junior Danboy, are all in pre-trial detention in the Central African Republic. Crimes against humanity The case will be heard by the Special Criminal Court (SCC), a hybrid jurisdiction located in the capital Bangui with Central African and foreign judges. In February 2024, the SCC issued an international arrest warrant for the former president ...
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US SANCTIONS SUDAN'S RSF LEADER DAGALO. (PHOTO).

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 US sanctions Sudan's RSF leader Dagalo


The United States determined on Tuesday that members of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias committed "genocide" in Sudan and it imposed sanctions on the group's leader over a conflict that has killed thousands of people and driven millions from their homes.


US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement the RSF and aligned militias had continued direct attacks against civilians, Reuters reported.


The militias have also targeted fleeing civilians and murdered innocent people escaping conflict, Blinken said.


"The United States is committed to holding accountable those responsible for these atrocities," Blinken said.


Washington announced sanctions on the leader of the RSF, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, barring him from travelling to the United States and freezing any US assets he might hold.


"For nearly two years, Hemedti's RSF has engaged in a brutal armed conflict with the Sudanese Armed Forces for control of Sudan, killing tens of thousands, displacing 12 million Sudanese, and triggering widespread starvation," the Treasury Department said in a separate statement.


Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have been locked in conflict for more than 18 months, creating a humanitarian crisis in which UN agencies have struggled to deliver relief.


The war erupted in April 2023 amid a power struggle between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the RSF ahead of a planned transition to civilian rule.

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