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More
than two million civilians have been displaced by the fighting since December
2013 Photo: AFP
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The African Union says it
will establish a court to investigate and prosecute individuals accused of
committing atrocities in South Sudan. BBC reports that the court will use a mix of international and
South Sudanese law.
The
AU's Peace and Security Council says the court will look into all atrocities
carried out in the country since the eruption of a bloody civil war in December
2013.
It
also says an AU inquiry found no evidence of genocide committed during the
20-month old conflict.
But
the commission, led by Nigeria's former president Olusegun Obasanjo, found
evidence of murder, torture, looting and sexual violence committed by both
parties to the conflict.
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