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20 July 2016 by AFP
Independence was won, now South Sudan's freedom is in peril South Sudan journalist John Gatluak knew the risks of war: his radio station was destroyed twice but he never stopped broadcasting the news, even when hiding in swamps. But the quiet, deeply committed journalist was shot dead on J [...]
17 July 2016 by AFP
France calls for reservists after truck massacre France has called on young "patriots" to join the reserves following an IS-claimed truck attack in Nice which killed 84 and prompted tough questions over security failures. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve made the appeal for v [...]
16 July 2016 by AFP
French unity unravels after latest attack After jihadists struck Paris in January 2015 politicians marched shoulder to shoulder in solidarity, and following the attack 10 months later they stood together to sing a moving rendition of the "Marseillaise".   But within hours [...]
16 July 2016 by AFP
France mourns 84 dead in Nice truck attack France on Saturday began a period of national mourning for the 84 people who died after a "terrorist" drove his truck through a crowd in Nice as they watched Bastille Day fireworks. President Francois Hollande said the country wou [...]
15 July 2016 by AFP
Nice attack condemned in Middle East Middle Eastern countries and leading Muslim clerics on Friday condemned a truck attack that killed at least 84 revellers in the Mediterranean resort of Nice on France's national holiday. Sunni Islam's leading centre of learning, A [...]
15 July 2016 by AFP
At least 84 dead in 'terrorist' Nice truck rampage A Tunisian-born man zigzagged a truck through a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in the French city of Nice, killing at least 84 and injuring dozens of children in what President Francois Hollande on Friday called a "terrorist" atta [...]
15 July 2016 by AFP
Deadly 'terror' attack on French Riviera At least 84 people were killed in the French Riviera city of Nice when a man rammed a truck through a crowd celebrating Bastille Day Thursday. This is a timeline of the attack that French President Francois Hollande has declared w [...]
15 July 2016 by AFP
Nice attack overshadows Europe-Asia summit Sympathy and condemnation for the Nice attack dominated an Asia-Europe summit in Mongolia Friday, drawing attention away from Beijing's rejection of a tribunal ruling dismissing its extensive South China Sea claims. The Asia-Europ [...]
15 July 2016 by AFP
At least 84 dead in 'terrorist' Nice truck attack A gunman smashed a truck into a crowd of revellers celebrating Bastille Day in the French Riviera city of Nice, killing at least 84 people in what President Francois Hollande on Friday called a "terrorist" attack. Police shot the [...]
15 July 2016 by AFP
At least 80 dead in 'terrorist' Nice truck attack A truck ploughed into a crowd in the French resort of Nice, killing at least 80 in what President Francois Hollande on Friday called a "terrorist" attack on revellers watching a Bastille Day fireworks display. The driver was shot [...]
15 July 2016 by AFP
Nice attack: What we know so far At least 77 people have been killed after a truck slammed into a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day in the southern French city of Nice. Here is what we know about what US President Barack Obama has said "appears to be a hor [...]
15 July 2016 by AFP
At least 77 dead in Nice truck attack A truck ploughed into a crowd in the French resort of Nice, leaving at least 77 dead and scores injured in an attack after a Bastille Day fireworks display, officials said Friday. The driver of the truck was shot dead after barrel [...]
17 May 2016 by François Sergent
The Week in Review: Rwanda and France  France this week started its second trial linked to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, with two Rwandan mayors in the dock. The two accused are former mayors of Kabarondo (eastern Rwanda), Tito Barahira and Octavien Ngenzi. They are bo [...]
10 May 2016 by AFP
Rwandan mayors on trial in France over 1994 genocide Two former Rwandan mayors went on trial in Paris on Tuesday, accused of orchestrating "massive and systematic summary executions" during the central African country's 1994 genocide. Octavien Ngenzi, 58, and Tito Barahira, 64, are [...]
8 May 2016 by AFP
Rwandan genocide survivors hope for justice from Paris trial Twenty-two years after the Rwandan genocide, Jean-Damascene Rutagungira still cannot bear the sight of the Catholic church in the eastern village of Kabarondo, where his family was massacred before his eyes. Sitting in front of hi [...]
14 December 2015 by François Sergent
Transitional justice, climate justice This week was again dominated by the COP21 environment conference in Paris, where the idea of “climate justice” is included in the final document adopted Saturday, as well as the duty of States to “respect, promote and take accoun [...]
7 December 2015 by The Conversation
Mary Robinson: climate change ‘very likely’ to increase radicalisation Former Irish president Mary Robinson is one of the world’s leading voices on climate justice. Appearing at the UN climate summit in Paris, Robinson has argued for warming to be kept within 1.5°C, to protect the nations most at ris [...]
16 November 2015 by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo.Net Head of Project and Associate Professor at the University of Neuchâtel
Paris Attacks: Let Us Not Respond by finishing the work of Daesh First comes compassion for the victims and their families, and of course solidarity. After the initial shock of the carnage also come the emotions: anger, thirst for revenge, the temptation to reduce the attackers to barbarians or [...]
15 November 2015 by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.Net
This Week: Paris, Islamic State and Burundi Friday’s attacks in Paris, the horrific and absolute antithesis to any idea of justice and reconciliation, have marked the week, as if France were a country at war such as JusticeInfo.Net covers every day. It would seem that all t [...]