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International justice for Africa?

If you do not understand the politics, you do not understand the basics of the concept.

Mladic: ‘I defended my people’

Mladic: ‘I defended my people’

Wartime Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic on Friday denounced genocide and war-crimes charges against him as "obnoxious".

A decade after war, missing still haunt Kosovo

A decade after war, almost 2 000 people are still listed as missing in Kosovo, haunting their families.

Nato cluster bombs still threaten Serbs

Unexploded cluster bombs threaten thousands of Serbian civilians almost 10 years after they were dropped during Nato’s 1999 air war over Kosovo.

Karadzic to defend himself, mirroring Milosevic

Bosnian-Serb genocide suspect Radovan Karadzic is to defend himself before the United Nations war-crimes court, his lawyer said on Wednesday.

Serbs weigh pride against prosperity in key election

Serbs began voting on Sunday in an election that will show whether the lure of European Union membership outweighs their anger over the Western-backed secession of Kosovo. The…

Kosovan army ‘harvested organs from Serb prisoners’

Carla del Ponte, the former chief prosecutor for war crimes in former Yugoslavia, has unleashed a storm of recrimination with allegations of a trade in human body parts in Kosovo…

UN human rights chief to step down

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Canadian jurist Louise Arbour, said on Friday she will step down when her current term in office expires on June 30. ”It is…

Storming of embassy in Serbia sparks US outrage

Serb rioters enraged by Kosovo’s secession stormed the United States embassy in Belgrade and set it on fire, leaving one person dead and drawing swift condemnation from…

Diana inquest hears of ‘Dracula royals’ and spy plots

At the inquest into the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi al-Fayed, Britain’s royals were branded the ”Dracula family” and a former spy chief was made to sweat in the witness…

Bush recognises Kosovo, says will bring peace

United States President George Bush on Tuesday recognised the independence of Kosovo from Serbia and said it would bring peace to the Balkans. Bush said during an African tour in…

EU’s favoured candidate wins Serbia poll

From Monday morning Serbia faces up to a bruising battle over how to react to the looming secession of its southern province of Kosovo, after President Boris Tadic, a pro-Western…

‘Undertaker’ close to power in Serbia

A former cemeteries manager known as the ”Undertaker” stands his best chance of becoming head of state when Serbia votes on Sunday in a fateful presidential election. To his many…

Serbia won’t give up ‘an inch’ of Kosovo

Serbia will not give up ”an inch” of Kosovo, Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said on Monday as talks on the breakaway province’s future entered a critical phase before a United…

Kosovo votes ahead of independence showdown

The breakaway province of Kosovo holds a parliamentary election on Saturday, ahead of a showdown with Serbia over the ethnic Albanian majority’s demand for independence. Prime…