For the International Criminal Court (ICC), February has been a momentous month. A new chief prosecutor was appointed after a fraught election, important cases were started and another was concluded, and a decision reached on the question of Palestine. With some effort, the ICC can use these developments to assert its independence and leverage goodwill by focusing on investigations and cases.
On 4 February, the ICC convicted its first person for crimes committed in Uganda – former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander Dominic Ongwen. The offences occurred between July and December 2005. The conviction comes after over a decade of false starts and sometimes no activity at all. It’s the first conviction of anyone – in a national or international court – for crimes carried out in northern Uganda during the conflict between the LRA and the government.
On shaky ground, the ICC must rebuild with a new prosecutor
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Facebook takes down French, Russian networks targeting African nations Chris Mills Rodrigo © Getty Images Facebook takes down French, Russian networks targeting African nations
Facebook announced Tuesday that it has taken down three distinct networks that targeted a number of African nations for violating the platform s policy on coordinated inauthentic behavior.
One of the takedowns marked the first time that Facebook has singled out individuals linked to a Western government or military. That network involved people affiliated with the French military meddling in politics in the Central African Republic (CAR) and Mali.
The platform did not find evidence that the French military itself had directed the action.