Burundian rebels set for court defence
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Bujumbura  Leaders of a Burundian rebel group said Friday that they are ready to defend themselves in an international court against war-crimes charges in the massacre of 163 refugees.
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A former militia leader accused of leading the massacre of some 200 Congolese villagers in 2003, will appear Monday before the International Criminal Court for the first time, the court's website said.
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African regional leaders gather Wednesday, in Tanzania for a summit on Burundi&#39;s peace process, but the recent massacre of Congolese Tutsi in a UN refugee camp is expected to be high on the agenda.
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HARARE - Zimbabwe said it had put its security forces on high alert to deal with what it said was an opposition plan to unleash violence on Friday when a court is due to pass judgment in the treason trial of its leader.
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General Laurent Nkunda has renewed his threat of war in eastern Congo. The dissident army officer has said that last week&#39;s killing of 160 Congolese Tutsis in Burundi is proof that his people are not safe, and he would not hesitate to defend them ...
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Zimbabwe security forces are on high alert for unrest by &quot;malcontents and mischief-makers&quot; following Friday&#39;s verdict in the treason trial of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, the home affairs minister has said.
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Following last week&#39;s massacre of at least 160 Congolese Tutsis at a refugee camp near Burundi&#39;s border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Burundian government is speeding up efforts to help the United Nations set up more secure camps in the ...
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&quot;It is essential that the killings of more than 150 Congolese refugees in Burundi are the subject of an independent impartial investigation, the findings of which should be made public and acted upon so that the perpetrators can be brought to justice,&quot; ...
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Burundi will urge regional leaders at a summit on Wednesday to impose sanctions against the rebel Hutu Forces for National Liberation (FNL), blamed for the slaughter of more than 160 Congolese Tutsi refugees in ...
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An estimated 1 million Rwandans -- an  eighth of the population -- are expected to face charges in  traditional or "gacaca" village courts trying perpetrators of  the 1994 genocide, an official said Friday.
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To some international legal experts, Joseph Kony, commander of the Lord's Resistance Army in northern Uganda, should be turned over to the International Criminal Court, which has issued arrest warrants for him and four top commanders for war crimes during his 21-year guerrilla war.
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BUJUMBURA, Burundi -- Burundi and Rwanda threatened yesterday to send soldiers into neighboring Congo to hunt down Hutu extremists responsible for slaughtering more than 160 Congolese Tutsi refugees at a UN camp in Burundi -- deployments that could reignite a regional conflict in this part of Africa.
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Congolese warlord Germain Katanga faces the International Criminal Court, the second suspect to do so.
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BUJUMBURA, Burundi The massacre of about 160 Congolese Tutsi refugees by extremists of the Hutu ethnic group is an ugly reminder of what Burundi is up against in its shaky march toward peace.
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ZIMBABWEâS security forces have been put on high alert in the capital, Harare, ahead of todayâs ruling in the treason trial of the popular opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who could face the death sentence if found guilty.
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A Burundian rebel movement was responsible for the August 13 slaughter of more than 150 civilians at Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi, and not the combined forces of Hutu and Mai-Mai fighters who have been blamed for the attack, Human Rights Watch said in
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Burundi's last rebel fighters are  respecting a ceasefire with the government, but the central  African nation needs to move quickly to demobilize and  integrate them for lasting stability, an army spokesman said on  Monday.