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A damning allegation has surfaced against a Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) officer who is being accused of sexual harassment and preying on young women soldiers under his command.The allegation was raised by a family member of a woman private, who claims that his relative, who has been in the army for less than a year, was targeted by her superior who pursued a sexual relationship with her.
The court enjoys global jurisdiction.
Investigators will now need the authorization of the court’s judges to open a probe. Bensouda appealed for support from Nigeria’s government.
She said the army has dismissed accusations against government troops after examining them.
Boko Haram strictly opposes formal education. In 2015, Nigeria enlisted the support of neighbors Chad, Cameroon and Niger to try and defeat the group.
While the joint operations made the group lose considerable territory, they have not been able to wipe it out.
The ICC has conducted investigations in several African countries. In Sudan, Libya and Ivory Coast, former leaders were indicted for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity after the investigations.
… first memorial to honor an African American individual on the National Mall …
-- The National Museum of African American History And Culture: The museum … the contributions and tribulations of black Americans. 1400 Constitution Ave NW, Washington …
The pandemic has only magnified systemic sexism and racism in housing, possibly leaving millions of women and their families homeless come January.
The Gleaner understands that principal of the Morant Bay High School in St Thomas, Dr Dalton Shaw, has been dismissed, following allegations of professional misconduct by members of staff. \tIt's the second time...
This debate was sparked by the shocking videotape of George Floyd being casually murdered by a Minneapolis police officer.
Nationwide protests arising from Chauvin’s killing of Mr. Floyd were met with the usual minimalist argument from the Minneapolis Police Department declaring that Chauvin was Just “one bad apple.”
During his career with the Chicago police, Burge rose to the rank of detective and was made an area detective commander before being suspended in 1991 and fired in 1993 for leading a team of officers in the violent abuse of citizens – most of whom were Black males.
When we are asked to believe that a campaign of terror led by a senior officer of one of the nation’s largest municipal law enforcement agencies went unnoticed for almost 20 years, the stench of a barrel of rotten apples assaults our noses.
There are numerous examples of police units and whole departments coming under the influence of vicious officers who never should have been given a badge.
Thousands of young Jamaicans will be trained as software developers to create cutting-edge technologies through the Amber HEART Coding Academy. The academy, which was officially launched yesterday by Prime Minister Andrew Holness, is a partnership...
Three attacks by Islamic extremists, including an assault on Monguno, a military garrison town, have killed more than 38 people in Nigeria’s notheastern Borno state.
The extremists from the Islamic State West Africa Province on Saturday attacked Monguno, where there are an estimated 150,000 displaced civilians, a United Nations office and a Nigerian military base.
The same group of jihadists was then believed to have carried out an attack on the strategic garrison town of Monguno several hours later.
Monguno — home to a key army base and over 150,000 people displaced by the region’s decade-long insurgency — has been repeatedly targeted by jihadists.
The Nigerian military wrote on Twitter Sunday that the army and air force had “successfully repelled” the attack on Monguno and killed 20 jihadists.
Tim Stokes - BBC News: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 January 2021: John Henry Smythe, an RAF navigator from Sierra Leone in West Africa, was shot down and captured in Nazi Germany in 1943. War had broken out four years earlier when he was 25 years old, and Johnny volunteered to [Read More]
Heavy fight erupted on Thursday between Somali National Army (SNA) and Alshabab militias in Bal'ad district of middle Shabelle causing unknown casualties from both sides.
The fighting started after Alshabab militias attacked the military base and the gunfire lasted for an hour and at least two civilians were wounded.
Reports from middle Shabelle indicate that the situation is calm now and government forces are conducting operations.
Alshabab militants who have been fighting with the government troops in that region did not claim responsibility.
The government has also not commented on the attack.
By PATTY NIEBERG and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Howard Jones, who's 83, was on the phone for three to four hours every day trying to sign up for a coronavirus vaccine. Jones, who lives alone in Colorado Springs, doesn't have the internet, and that's made it much more difficult for him to make an appointment. It took him about a week. He said the confusion has added to his anxiety about catching what could be a life-threatening disease at his age. 'It has been hell,' Jones said. 'I'm 83 and to not have the use of a […]
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