Kenya’s Vice-President William Ruto has pleaded not guilty to charges against him at the opening of his trial at the International Criminal Court.
But the hearings against the leaders have been dogged by delays and attempted derailment, writes Daniel Howden.
Kenya’s Parliament has been recalled to debate ending membership of the ICC, ahead of a crimes against humanity trial of the vice-president.
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir, who was attending an AU health summit, has left Nigeria following demands for his capture over war crime charges.
Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto will be tried in the Hague, slapping down a request by defence lawyers to have the hearing moved to Africa.
Libya will appeal a ruling by the International Criminal Court to hand over former ruler Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, to the tribunal.
The Champions Trophy is short and sharp with no room for error as the Proteas take on the world’s top teams.
African leaders have asked the International Criminal Court to transfer charges against Kenya’s president to the Kenyan legal system.
An authority on colonialism argues that lasting peace depends on political and not judicial solutions.
The crimes court has opened an investigation into allegations by four people who say they were subjected to sexual abuse by a court staff member.
The ICC’s case against Uhuru Kenyatta, and its credibility, seem to be crumbling, which may suit the West but not the 2007 election violence victims.
Thousands of Kenyans have gathered for the swearing-in ceremony of Uhuru Kenyatta, who is still facing an international crimes against humanity trial.
Kenya’s Supreme Court has upheld the victory of Uhuru Kenyatta in the March 4 presidential election, Chief Justice Willy Mutunga said.
The ICC will not drop the crimes against humanity charges against Kenyan president-elect Uhuru Kenyatta, the court’s chief prosecutor has said.
The US is working towards giving Bosco Ntaganda, holed up in the country’s embassy in Rwanda, safe passage to the International Criminal Court.
The ICC has dropped charges against Francis Muthaura, who was accused alongside Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta of sponsoring 2007 election violence.
Laurent Gbagbo faces International Criminal Court judges who will decide whether to try him for masterminding a violent election standoff in 2010.
Al-Qaeda-linked fighters have killed two people in Algeria, taking more than 40 foreign hostages, while French troops battled Islamist rebels in Mali.
The International Criminal Court’s acquittal of a Congolese militia leader on war crimes charges has sparked a storm of criticism.
The ICC has acquitted Congolese ex-militia boss Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui of war crimes and ordered his immediate release.
The International Criminal Court is to hand down its judgement against Congolese ex-militia boss Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui.
"I’m calling for the biggest project, an African space agency," Omar Hassan al-Bashir told a gathering of communications ministers in Khartoum.
On its 10th anniversary, the ICC represents a damning indictment of the extent to which rich and powerful nations still spare themselves from justice.
Melinda Taylor and three colleagues from the ICC, accused of smuggling documents to Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, have been freed after apologising.
ICC president Judge Sang Hyun Song reflects on the International Criminal Court’s first 10 years on the anniversary of its inception.
Gambian lawyer Fatou Bensouda, who has reached the pinnacle of international justice, has a reputation as a dogged investigator.
Charles Taylor’s 50-year sentence is but the first victory at the ICC for Africa’s human rights campaigners. Stern tests of global justice remain.
Disgraced former Liberian leader Charles Taylor is due to hear his fate as a four-year war crimes trial at The Hague draws to a close.
The ICC’s chief prosecutor has called on the court to make a complaint to the UN about Libya’s failure to hand over war crimes suspect Saif al-Islam.
A lawyer from the International Criminal Court says Saif al-Islam, the son of slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been attacked in detention.
Assets worth more than €1-billion belonging to the late Muammar Gaddafi, his son and his intelligence chief have been seized in Italy in raids.
France and the ICC have filed requests with Mauritania to extradite Libya’s ex-spy chief Abdullah Senussi as Tripoli insists on putting him on trial.