Kenyan Transport Minister Chris Murungaru has asked the UK High Court to review a July UK government decision to ban him from entering the country. British authorities did not announce the reason...
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International brief ~ Annan envoy to investigate Zimbabwe mass evictions
Leading Tuesday's international brief, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka , Executive Director of the UN Human Settlements Programme , as Special Envoy to Zimbabwe to investigate the continuing mass evictions [JURIST...
International brief ~ Sudan domestic war crimes tribunal to open Tuesday
Leading Monday's international brief, Sudan's domestic war crimes tribunal is scheduled to hold its first hearings Tuesday in the capital city of Khartoum, according to Sudanese Justice Minister Ali Mohammed Yassin. Yassin said that over 160 individuals indicted on...
International brief ~ Sudan will not challenge ICC Darfur crimes probe
Leading Tuesday's international brief, Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail has told reporters that the Sudan government is not planning to challenge the recently announced probe into Darfur by the International Criminal Court . Ismail reiterated,...
International brief ~ Ethiopia opposition files suit over elections
Leading Tuesday's international brief, the leading opposition party in Ethiopia has filed suit with local courts in the capital city of Addis Ababa seeking to prevent the official certification of the results of the disputed national...
International brief ~ Lawyers begin arguments in Nepal corruption case against former PM
Leading Thursday's international brief, government lawyers for the Royal Commission for Corruption Control have begun arguments before the commission in the case against former Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba , former Foreign Minister Prakash Man Singh and...
International brief ~ Protests begin on first day of Togo campaigning
Leading Friday's international brief, opposition members in Togo clashed with police on the first day of political campaigning for the national elections required by the resignation of Faure Gnassingbe . Protesters blocked...
International brief ~ Kyrgyz elections postponed as parliament mulls Akayev trial
Leading Thursday's international legal news, the continuing dispute over how to remove former Kyrgyzstan President Askar Akayev has resulted in the postponement of the national elections originally scheduled for June. Akayev signed legal resignation papers Monday [JURIST...
In Thursday's international brief, West African regional organization ECOWAS has refused to recognize Faure Gnassingbe as the legitimate leader of Togo and threatened sanctions against the country unless it returned to its prior...
International brief ~ UN Security Council travels to Africa for Sudan discussions
The UN Security Council arrives in Nairobi, Kenya on Tuesday in preparation for its official meetings on the peace process in Sudan on Thursday. The meeting marks only the fourth time that the UN Security Council has ever held...