Category: Legal Judicial

International tourist arrivals doubled in 2022: UN

MADRID— International tourist arrivals doubled in 2022 over the previous year, and should reach near pre-pandemic levels in 2023 thanks to the lifting of travel restrictions, especially in China, the UN’s tourism body said.There were 917 million global…

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Covid-19: Africa’s cases surpass 11 mln

ADDIS ABABA— Africa has reported 11,077,105 COVID-19 cases as of Thursday evening, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).The specialized healthcare agency of the African Union said the COVID-19 death toll acros…

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ICC to Hear Ugandan LRA Commander’s Appeal

The International Criminal Court will next week hear an appeal by Ugandan former Lord’s Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen against his conviction for war crimes and crimes against humanity.Ongwen, a former child soldier in the notorious rebel gro…

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ICJ Orders Uganda to Pay $325 Million to DR Congo

The International Court of Justice on Wednesday ordered Uganda to pay $325 million to the Democratic Republic of Congo, as reparations for Uganda’s invasion of the DRC in the late 1990s.Seven years ago, the court ruled Uganda must compensate the DRC fo…

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DR Congo Court Set for Verdict in Murder of UN Experts

KANANGA, DR CONGO — A military court in Democratic Republic of Congo is set to pronounce a long-awaited verdict Saturday in a mass trial over the 2017 murder of two U.N. experts in a troubled central region.Dozens of people have been on trial for more …

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