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 ...

SOUTH SUDAN CLASH KILLS 14 IN RENEWED VIOLENCE IN NORTH. (PHOTO).


South Sudan clash kills 14 in renewed violence in north

At least four soldiers and 10 militia members were killed in fighting in an area of South Sudan where previous clashes led to the arrest of First Vice President Riek Machar, the military said on Tuesday, Reuters reported.

The arrest of Machar - a longtime rival of President Salva Kiir - in March prompted international calls for restraint and stirred fears of a return to civil war between Kiir's Dinka forces and Nuer fighters loyal to Machar.

Fighters from the so-called White Army, a militia Machar's opponents say is linked to the SPLM-IO party he leads, attacked the South Sudan military on Monday in an area in Upper Nile state, near Nasir town, South Sudan military spokesperson Garang Ateny said.

The northeastern town is where violence that led to Machar's detention erupted early this year.

"They (White Army) carried out three separate attacks on our position," Ateny said, adding the army had lost four soldiers in the clash while 10 attackers were killed.

The spokespeople for SPLM-IO and the White Army could not be immediately reached. Machar and his party deny any current links to the White Army.

Kiir, a Dinka, has served in an uneasy power-sharing government with Machar, a Nuer, since a 2018 peace deal ended an ethnically-tinged civil war between fighters loyal to the two men which killed hundreds of thousands of people.

Machar's detention, for trying to stir up a rebellion through his supposed support for the White Army militia, has ignited fears of renewed conflict along ethnic lines.

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