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Judicial Watch

Burundi completes withdrawal process from International Criminal Court

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (UPI) -- Burundi officially withdrew from the International Criminal Court on Friday, a year after the government initiated proceedings saying the court was biased against African nations. The landlocked nation was one of three African countries to announce plans to leave the international body in 2016, but Gambia and South Africa decided to stay in. That leaves 122 member states in the ICC. African nations say the ICC focuses a disproportionate amount of time investigating the continent. The […]

todayOctober 28, 2017 19

Business & Lifestyle

South Africa President Jacob Zuma survives no-confidence vote

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (UPI) -- South African President Jacob Zuma survived a secret no-confidence vote Tuesday by Parliament over allegations of corruption. After hours of debate, lawmakers put the two-term leader's fate to a vote -- 177 voted against Zuma, and 198 voted in his favor. Nine abstained from voting. Had he lost, he and his entire cabinet would have had to resign. Protesters, both for and against the embattled president, caused traffic jams across Johannesburg, authorities said. Zuma's […]

todayAugust 8, 2017 2

Business & Lifestyle

Florida man running for mayor tells black activists: ‘Go back to Africa’

Ray Downs, United Press International Writer SAINT PETERSBURG, Fla. (UPI) -- A candidate for mayor in St. Petersburg, Fla. erupted at black reparations activists, telling them to "go back to Africa" during a mayoral debate. Paul Congemi, who is running as an independent, directed his rant towards Jesse Nevel, a mayoral candidate who is chairman for the Uhuru Solidarity Movement, a group of white allies of the African People's Socialist Party that organizes "in the white community for reparations" to the black […]

todayJuly 20, 2017 3

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