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Niger exits ICC; Uganda bans lawyer, WHO declares Ebola emergency

6/24/2026

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Summary

Story summary

Niger filed its ICC withdrawal on 18 June, the third nation to exit, with effect one year later.
Uganda declared Kenyan lawyer Martha Karua persona non grata, denied her entry, and let another Kenyan lawyer in.
Zambia’s Supreme Court of Appeal allowed Lungu’s family to bury his remains in South Africa, ending dispute, as WHO declared Congo Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak a health emergency with 1,000 cases and 267 deaths on 21 June.

History

Historical Context

After the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 955 on 8 November 1994, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda was set up and moved to Arusha in 1995 to try genocide crimes from 1994. It indicted 96 people and convicted 61 before closing in 2015, a process that mirrored earlier ad hoc tribunals (ICTY 1993) and helped spur the permanent International Criminal Court established by the 1998 Rome Statute.

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Story summary

Niger filed its ICC withdrawal on 18 June, the third nation to exit, with effect one year later.
Uganda declared Kenyan lawyer Martha Karua persona non grata, denied her entry, and let another Kenyan lawyer in.
Zambia’s Supreme Court of Appeal allowed Lungu’s family to bury his remains in South Africa, ending dispute, as WHO declared Congo Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak a health emergency with 1,000 cases and 267 deaths on 21 June.

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