Karua asked the Chief Prosecutor at the ICC to closely follow developments in Kenya and determine whether the reported incidents provide enough grounds for an examination.
By Maureen KinyanjuiUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the measures, saying Akane, from Japan, and Seye, from Senegal, were targeted under an order issued by President Donald Trump last year. He accused the two ICC officials of taking part in efforts to investigate, arrest, detain or prosecute officials from governments that have not agreed to the court’s jurisdiction.
By Maureen KinyanjuiKigame said he would not rule out taking the matter beyond Kenya if the local justice system failed to address the case.
By David AbonyoThe Trump administration said it would pressure other countries to withdraw from the court, marking a sharp escalation in the US effort to isolate the Hague-based institution and starve it of political and financial support.
By Samuel OtienoThe case focused on attacks carried out in and around El Geneina, where prosecutors said thousands of civilians were killed or forced to flee their homes. The charges also included the June 2023 killing of West Darfur Governor Khamis Abdallah Abakar, who had publicly accused the RSF of committing genocide against the Masalit community shortly before he was killed.
By Maureen KinyanjuiJustice Ndung’u said she accepted the nomination “with humility and gratitude,” adding that she is “proud to do so as a Kenyan dedicated her professional life to the service of Justice and the global and the protection of human dignity.”
By David AbonyoA report by Middle East Eye published on Saturday said a panel of three judges submitted a confidential report to the court’s oversight body, the Bureau of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP), on March 9.
By Samuel OtienoThe court found that the latest clashes involve the same areas, actors, and types of violence already under investigation. Israel had argued that the scale of fighting following October 7, 2023 triggered new legal duties under Article 18 of the Rome Statute, which requires states to be notified when a fresh investigation is opened.
By Maureen KinyanjuiThe 76-year-old was convicted in October on 27 counts, including murder, rape, torture, and attacks against civilians in western Darfur between 2003 and 2004. This marks the ICC’s first-ever conviction related to the Darfur conflict.
By Maureen KinyanjuiSix prominent Kenyans faced charges of crimes against humanity during the investigation: former President Uhuru Kenyatta, President William Ruto, former Cabinet minister Henry Kosgey, former Head of Public Service Francis Muthaura, former Police Commissioner Mohammed Hussein Ali, and journalist Joshua arap Sang. Each of them denied the allegations.
By Maureen KinyanjuiAccording to the petition, Tanzanian authorities “murdered thousands of civilians, subjected hundreds to enforced disappearance, tortured thousands in detention facilities, committed sexual violence against detainees, forcibly displaced tens of thousands of indigenous Maasais, and employed cyber-enabled repression affecting millions.” The organisations argue that the events surrounding the vote reflect widespread and deliberate attacks that warrant international scrutiny.
By Maureen KinyanjuiThe ICC Pre-Trial Chamber III set a hearing to confirm the charges on December 12, 2024, scheduling it for September 9, 2025. The Appeals Chamber later upheld the procedure for conducting confirmation hearings in absentia on June 3, 2025, laying out clear rules for cases where the defendant is not present.
By Rose AchiengWearing a blue suit, waistcoat and a bright red tie, Abd-Al-Rahman listened calmly to the verdict, occasionally taking notes. Presiding judge Joanna Korner narrated disturbing details of widespread assaults and killings, including one incident in which Abd-Al-Rahman forced about 50 civilians onto trucks, beat some with axes, and then made them lie on the ground before ordering troops to execute them.
By Maureen KinyanjuiThe announcement, made in a joint statement by the military-led governments, intensifies the Sahel nations’ breakaway from Western institutions.
By Ian NjaneThe 80-year-old is accused of bearing criminal responsibility for a series of murders tied to the crackdown, which claimed the lives of thousands of suspected drug dealers and users, many executed without trial.
By Maureen KinyanjuiAlthough Kony remains at large, his interests were represented during the hearings by Defence Counsel Peter Haynes, KC.
By Maureen KinyanjuiThe fugitive warlord faces 39 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, rape, torture, enslavement and sexual slavery, allegedly committed between July 2002 and December 2005 in northern Uganda.
By Rose AchiengJudges will hear 39 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity against Kony, including murder, torture, rape, sexual slavery and pillaging at the ICC's first-ever in absentia hearing.
By David AbonyoMurkomen said he will not be shaken by those accusing police officers of crimes in the course of enforcing law and order during recent protests.
By Brenda SockyThe court found that Ngaïssona played a leading role in supporting anti-Balaka militias that targeted Muslims, while Yekatom led fighters who carried out killings in the capital, Bangui.
By Ann NyamburaHe is suspected of either directly committing, ordering or supervising acts such as murder, rape and torture between 2015 and 2020 at the detention facility.
By Ann Nyambura