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Saturday 18 May

Prisoners in pink uniforms wait inside the prison of Gitarama to be transferred to Kamonyi, province of Gitarama, where they are to attend a gacaca court session in 2003 in relation with the 1994 genocide. Rwanda on Monday officially closed the "gacaca" community courts, the controversial tribunals both credited with easing tensions and criticised for possible miscarriages of justice.

Bulletin: Rwanda officially closes community genocide courts

Bulletin: Rwanda officially closes community genocide courts

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Gambian war crimes lawyer Fatou Bensouda takes the oath during a swearing-in ceremony as the International Criminal Court's new chief prosecutor in The Hague.

Bulletin: Gambian becomes new ICC prosecutor

Bulletin: Gambian becomes new ICC prosecutor

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Gambia's Fatou Bensouda, seen here in December 2011, has been sworn in as the International Criminal Court's new chief prosecutor, saying she was ready to lead the fight against the world's worst war criminals.

Bulletin: International Criminal Court's new prosecutor sworn in

Bulletin: International Criminal Court's new prosecutor sworn in

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Then Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi waves to loyalists at a ceremony to mark 34 years of "people power" in Tripoli in March 2011. Libya's supreme court on Thursday struck down as "unconstitutional" a law passed at the start of May that banned glorification of slain leader Kadhafi.

Bulletin: Court strikes down bar on Kadhafi 'glorification'

Bulletin: Court strikes down bar on Kadhafi 'glorification'

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Former Tunisian security chief under ousted Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Ali Seriati, arrives at a military court in 2011 in Tunis. Living in exile in Saudi Arabia, Ben Ali is being tried in absentia along with 22 co-accused, including two former interior ministers, for the 22 protestor killings in the northwestern towns of Thala and Kasserine.

Bulletin: Verdict expected in murder trial of Tunisia's Ben Ali

Bulletin: Verdict expected in murder trial of Tunisia's Ben Ali

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Three suspects have been charged with disturbing public order and are being detained in connection with an attack on transition leader Dioncounda Traore, pictured in May 2012, in May, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Bulletin: Three charged over attack on Mali president

Bulletin: Three charged over attack on Mali president

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Senegal has begun preparations to try Chad's former dictator Hissene Habre (pictured) for war crimes, crimes against humanity and torture after being accused of dragging its feet for years.

Bulletin: Senegal takes steps to try Chad's fugitive Habre

Bulletin: Senegal takes steps to try Chad's fugitive Habre

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Malian soldiers patrol the streets of Bamako, April 2012. Malian authorities are investigating several soldiers over attacks on the ex-junta carried out at the end of April by troops loyal to the government ousted a month earlier.

Bulletin: Mali probes officers over counter-coup bid

Bulletin: Mali probes officers over counter-coup bid

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Pedestrians walk past the doors of the BBC's Bush House in London in 2004. A classical music presenter for the BBC detained in Zimbabwe for not having a work permit was freed late Monday after state prosecutors said he had no case to answer, his lawyer said.

Bulletin: Zimbabwe frees detained BBC presenter: lawyer

Bulletin: Zimbabwe frees detained BBC presenter: lawyer

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A ceremony commemorating the 1994 genocide that left some 800,000 people dead, mainly ethnic Tutsis, is held in 2010. The trial of a former Rwandan teacher accused of helping slaughter nearly 2,000 Tutsis during the 1994 genocide began on Monday in Canada's capital.

Bulletin: Rwandan pleads not guilty in Canada court to war crimes

Bulletin: Rwandan pleads not guilty in Canada court to war crimes

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