Genocide
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Turkey to join South Africa’s genocide lawsuit against Israel
Turkey is joining South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which accuses Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan made the announcement in Ankara on Wednesday. He said the legal details of taking part in the lawsuit were still being worked out. At the end of December, South Africa…
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Defence
Armenians genocide: Biden risks friction with Turkey
President Joe Biden has become the first US president to officially acknowledge that the massacre of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire during World War I was a genocide. Biden who made the declaration in a speech on Saturday risks a potential fracture with Turkey, but his comments have signaled US commitment to global human rights. In a statement marking the…
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Africa
Genocide: Rwandan genocide suspect to  be retried by UN tribunal
A French court on Wednesday ordered that Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga be handed over to a United Nations tribunal for trial. UN prosecutors accused Kabuga of bank-rolling and arming ethnic Hutu militias that killed 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus in Rwanda during a 100-day period in 1994. He is indicted for genocide and incitement to commit genocide, among other…
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NEWS
Impeached Governor Nyako escapes arrest, to be charged for treason
Information reaching our news desk indicated that security officials Wednesday stormed the Asokoro, Abuja residence of the impeached Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, to arrest him few hours after he was impeached by members of the state House of Assembly. However, it was gathered that Nyako, whose security aides were withdrawn at about 1pm on Tuesday shortly after his…
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