Trial of ex CAR rebel starts at the ICC in the Hague

A former senior rebel commander in the Central African Republic, Mahamat Said Abdel Kani, has pleaded not guilty to charges of war crimes at the start of his trial at the International Criminal Court.

Ugandan authorities confirm the number of Ebola cases has increased, fuelling fears that the outbreak is spreading.

And 20 years after the world's second worst ship disaster when the Senegalese-owned Joola ferry sank off the coast of The Gambia claiming nearly 2,000 lives, the families of the victims are still calling for the wreckage to be raised from the seabed.

Photo: Former CAR Seleka rebel leader Mahamat Said Abdel Kani enters the court room of the International Criminal Court. Credit: Reuters.