Gbagbo has had to agree to limit his movement and to being surveillance in Belgium.

The first former head of state to appear in the dock at the International Criminal Court, Laurent Gbagbo was acquitted last month on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The charges relate to the civil war that ensued in the Ivory Coast following Gbagbo’s refusal to accept defeat in a 2010 election.

The international tribunal continues to hold him pending the appeal on his acquittal.

Belgium’s agreed that he can stay there, with strict limitations on his movements,  because his second wife lives in Brussels.

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Three weeks of bloody protests  calling for Al Bashir’s departure have left more than 40 people dead.

Sudanese telecoms billionaire Mo Ibrahim awards an annual prize of $5-million for good governance to a former African leader.

He says he hates impunity. 

But  there is a case for lifting the ICC indictment on Omar Al Bashir – conditional on his stepping down – if it will save lives and spare Sudan a bloody civil war.

The ICC charge, dating back to 2009, alleges Al Bashir engaged in crimes against humanity in putting down  a separatist rebellion in Darfur

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Lawyers for the man dubbed Colonel Rambo say he was tortured after his arrest in the CAR last month.

Alfred Yekatom drew his pistol and fired into the air in Parliament in Bangui when police came to arrest him.

ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda say this shows the man is prone to violent acts.

He will appear again on April 30 neat year to face charges of murder, mutilation, torture and recruiting child soldiers.

Yekatom led the Christian Anti Balaka  movement fighting Muslim Seleka rebels who overthrew President Francois Bozize in 2013.

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He was speaking after the country’s Constitutional Court upheld the electoral commission’s rejection of his candidacy in that election.

Jean-Pierre Bemba is one of six hopefuls rejected as presidential candidates by the DRC’s electoral commission.

The former vice president says the commission is ensuring victory for President Joseph Kabila’s successor Ramazani Shadary.

Bemba, who was vice president for three years from 2003, ran second to Kabila in the 2006 election.

His 2016 conviction for war crimes and crimes against humanity was overturned by the International Criminal Court last June.

However his conviction for bribing witnesses – which is the reason for his disqualification as candidate – still stands 

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The man named by fallen dictator Muammar Gadaffi as his successor will release his election platform shortly.

Presidential elections in Libya next year is still on the United Nations wish list.

Released last June from six years in detention, Saif al Islam Gadaffi wants to be part of it.

His spokesman says Muammar Gadaffi’s second son will be a strong candidate because he has the support of the major tribes in Libya.

He’s calling for United Nations to help Libya transition from a compromise government to stability and order.

It’s unclear how the world organization will respond to this call from a man wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity allegedly committed while trying to keep his father in power.

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The legal institution is going a step further than it did against South Africa for failing to meet its obligations under the Rome Treaty establishing it.

Sudanese President Omar al Bashir visited Jordan last March for an Arab League summit.

The ICC reminded King Abdullah II that al Bashir is wanted on charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.

Jordan made no attempt to detain the Sudanese leader…

… just as the South African authorities fell foul of the ICC and its own Supreme Court for failing to detain al Bashir when  he was in South Africa for the AU summit in 2015.

In the latter case the ICC rapped South Africa over the knuckles but did not refer the matter to the UN powerhouse.

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They warn of possible crimes against humanity and the looming risk of genocide.

Three experts commissioned by the UN human rights office recommend the establishment of a commission of inquiry after examining abuses over 14 months until the end of  June.

Violence soared after President Pierre Nkurunziza contested and won an unconstitutional  third term in office.

The report says gross human rights violations have and are taking place, committed primarily by state agents and those linked to them.

The experts say impunity is pervasive.

They can’t exclude that some instances of these gross human rights violations amount to crimes against humanity.

They warn that given the country’s history, the danger of the crime of genocide also looms large.

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