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CAR: Struggling to undo the damage of sexual violence

The Monam group of rape survivors in the northern town of Bossangoa in the Central African Republic (CAR) does what it can to keep going, but morale is low and money tight. "We've been left to fend for ourselves. We get little help from outside. Many of our members have died," the group's chairwoman, Pelagie Ndokoyanga, told IRIN/PlusNews. Monam, which means "common good" in the Sango language, was set up in 2006 to bring together female survivors of sexual violence committed in 2001 and...

UGANDA: LRA sticks to its guns, yet ready to sign peace deal

A final peace agreement to end two decades of conflict in northern Uganda is expected to be signed on 5 April, but the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) said it would only disarm if indictments issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against its top leadership were deferred. "A signed copy will be given to (the Ugandan) government. Then the government will have the obligation to take the copy to the UN Security Council and ask for a 12-month suspension of the warrants before the LRA...

DRC: Third ex-rebel commander charged with war crimes

A third former rebel commander accused of committing atrocities in the Ituri district of the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been flown to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague to be tried on charges of war crimes, including murder, conscription of children and sexual enslavement, a spokesman for the tribunal said. Col Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, a former commander of the Fronts Nationalistes et Intégrationnistes (FNI) rebel group, whose ex-fighters were recently...

DRC: International Court takes second ex-rebel commander into custody over war crimes

A former rebel commander accused of committing atrocities in the Ituri district of northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been flown to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague as part of continuing efforts by the tribunal to tackle the culture of impunity in the volatile country. Germain Katanga, 29, also known as "Simba", was put on a plane chartered by the ICC and transferred from Kinshasa, the capital, to the ICC's detention centre in The Hague on 18 October to face...

Gambia to host U-15 cricket series

It is confirmed that Gambia will host the Under 15 cricket series to be organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The Championship, which will gather six nations from West and North Africa is scheduled to start from November 15 to 23, 2007, Johnny Gomez of the Gambia Cricket Council told Observer Sports yesterday. “During the International Cricket Council’s Annual General Meeting held at South Africa last month, the delegates unanimously chose Gambia to be the better ground to host...