Pierre Claver Niyonkuru

1 week ago | amjamboafrica.com | Pierre Claver Niyonkuru

Two U.S. human rights advocates are challenging the Trump administration’s executive order imposing sanctions on Karim A.A. Khan QC, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in a lawsuit filed by the ACLU and ACLU of Maine. As the lawsuit explains, these sanctions violate the First Amendment by prohibiting the advocates, and other Americans like them, from speaking with the ICC’s Office of the Prosecutor, including by providing legal advice, expert analysis, and evidence.

3 weeks ago | amjamboafrica.com | Pierre Claver Niyonkuru

Kampala, Uganda – April 2, 2025 — Police in Kampala have arrested nine youth activists who stormed the headquarters of Stanbic Bank Uganda, protesting its involvement in financing the controversial East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project. The activists, part of the Students Against EACOP Uganda group, were taken into custody at Kampala Central Police Station following their demonstration.

1 month ago | amjamboafrica.com | Pierre Claver Niyonkuru

By Violet IkongGovernment forces in South Sudan have been accused of carrying out an airstrike on March 16 in Nasir, Upper Nile state. Residents who witnessed the attack said that with support from Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) dropped multiple bombs in the town, leading to fires, deaths, injuries, and loss of properties.  “Seventeen people died on the spot after the bombing, and five were injured.

1 month ago | amjamboafrica.com | Pierre Claver Niyonkuru

By Samuel GetachewSyrian refugees camp/credit:UNHCR At a traffic stop in Bole, one of Addis Ababa’s most trendy neighborhoods, Osman Al-Hurry stood with his wife and children, begging for money. The neighborhood is popular with Ethiopia’s middle class, as well as foreign diplomats, and tourists. On the eve of the African Union summit mid-February, the streets were busier than ever. An engineer by profession, and a native of Damascus, Al-Hurry arrived in Ethiopia two years ago.

1 month ago | amjamboafrica.com | Pierre Claver Niyonkuru

By P.Claver NIYONKURUKarim Asad Ahmad Khan, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), arrived in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Monday, Feb. 24, for a visit to a country where conflict has intensified in the east in recent weeks, his office announced. “We are extremely concerned about recent developments in Congo. We know that the situation, particularly in the east, is serious,” he told the media on his arrival.