Several African governments and politicians are using the US political system to whitewash war crimes and corruption charges
Former senior US diplomats have taken up the task of lobbying for South Sudan and discouraging the Trump administration from setting up an independent tribunal to investigate alleged war crimes in the country, as well as reversing the Washington-imposed sanctions.
The lobbying company is run by Michael Ranneberger, a former US ambassador to Kenya from 2006 to 2011 and the lobbyist Soheil Nazari-Kangarlou. The war left around 380,000 people dead, forcing more than four million South Sudanese - almost a third of the population - to flee their homes. “Both the United Nations and African Union see this body [court] as an important part of remaking South Sudan on new foundations of respect for human rights and accountability,”Another expert, Sarah Jackson, Deputy Director for East Africa, the Horn and The Great Lakes at Amnesty International, said that the hybrid court would "try those most responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and other serious crimes".
The then-Congolese government has been accused of widespread corruption and human rights violations under the former president Joseph Kabila, who pushed the country into a political crisis in 2016 when he refused to step down despite the constitutional two-term limit. In the protests, during which the opposition demanded him to leave power, many demonstrators were killed by the Congolese police.
Newly released child soldiers wait in a line for their registration during the release ceremony in Yambio, South Sudan, on February 7, 2018. Atiku Abubakar, who was the main opposition candidate in Nigeria’s last February general election, signed up Ballard in exchange of $1.1 million per year to expand his interests in Washington.
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