The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, has decided to postpone the public hearings on the question of reparations in the case concerning Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Uganda), which had been due to take place between Monday 18 and Friday 22 November 2019.
The Nigerien authorities and the IMF team reached staff-level agreement for the completion of the fifth review of the ECF-supported program.
The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) has called for the release of managing editor of Times SL Newspaper.
The Gambia’s case against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for violating the Genocide Convention, filed on November 11, 2019, will bring the first judicial scrutiny of Myanmar’s campaign of murder, rape, arson, and other atrocities against Rohingya Muslims, 10 nongovernmental organizations said.
President Dr Julius Maada Bio has called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to take urgent action on the deteriorating political situation in Guinea Bissau and prevent any instability in the region.
Five Horn of Africa countries have launched an initiative to forge closer economic ties, building on the improving political climate in the sub-region.
President of the International Court of Justice, H.E. Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, has said that a ruling of the Court can signal the starting-point for a new era
in bilateral relations between disputing parties.
