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The Democratic Republic of Congo Friday sent Thomas Lubanga , leader of the ethnic militia-turned-political party Union of Congolese Patriots , to the International Criminal Court (ICC) , making him the...

Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid al-Hussein, Jordan's UN ambassador and advisor to the secretary-general on the sexual exploitation and abuse in United Nations peacekeeping operations, has told the UN Security Council that it could be three or four...

The Democratic Republic of Congo officially adopted a new constitution on Saturday when President Joseph Kabila signed into law the charter that voters approved in a referendum ...

Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda, International Court of Justice, February 3, 2006 . Excerpt:While the Court...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) , the judicial arm of the United Nations, ruled Friday that it does not have jurisdiction over a case filed by the Democratic Republic of Congo against Rwanda...

The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SLPM) has threatened to take their northern counterpart, the National Congress Party (NCP) , to constitutional court if they fail to follow through on a peace deal enacted last year which...

Leading Tuesday's international brief, the foreign ministers of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council have agreed to present the issue of Iran's nuclear enrichment program to the Council following a report by International Atomic...

Leading Monday's international brief, the Sudanese government has criticized a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights report released last Friday which sharply condemned the human rights condition in Darfur . Jamal Mohamed Ibrahim,...

Leading Friday's international brief, the UN Security Council is considering sanctions against both rebel and government elements in Cote d'Ivoire that are accused of purposefully delaying and sabotaging fragile peace negotiations in the nation, which has been...

The African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights , the human rights arm of the African Union (AU) , has cited Sudan, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo for rights violations in a...