Quotes

‘Courts martial lack the jurisdiction to handle such grave constitutional offences.’ 

Femi Falana, renowned human rights lawyer, condemning the Nigerian military for starting a general court martial to try 36 personnel accused of involvement in an alleged plot to overthrow the administration of President Bola Tinubu 

‘Mr Al Hassan, as the person found responsible for the crimes, which caused the harm to the victims, is the person financially liable for the cost of repairing the harm.’ 

udge Kimberly Prost of the International Criminal Court, issuing a landmark $8.4m non-cash reparations order for Malians who suffered religious persecution under al-Qaeda-linked police leader Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed

‘So there's that atmosphere being created about how dangerous the man (Kemi Seba) is, yet he is not being charged anywhere with any level of dangerous or violent crime’

Sinen Mnguni, lawyer for anti-western and pan-African activist Kemi Seba who is wanted in Benin on charges of inciting rebellion. Seba was arrested by SA police. 

‘I don’t think Bamako will fall … The JNIM can’t control large cities but they can force governments to their knees and negotiate with them and force them to adopt more of their ideology.

Ulf Laessing, who runs the Sahel programme of Germany’s Konrad Adenauer Foundation from Bamako, on the Islamic militant organisation that has been attacking numerous military bases in Mali