Sources: The Guardian
The state governor of West Darfur, Khamis Abakar, is killed in Geneina after being abducted by armed men shortly after accusing the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of committing genocide in the state. The RSF denies killing Abakar, blaming "outlaws" for his death. 2023-06-14
In Guatemala, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris announces several steps to address the migration crisis at the Northern Triangle during a joint conference with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei. She also urged migrants not to flee to the Mexico–United States border. 2021-06-7
Citizens of Guatemala head to the polls to vote for their next president and new members of the country's congress. 2019-06-16
The trial of Guatemalan ex-ruler Efraín Ríos Montt, accused of genocide during the civil war in the 1980s, ends abruptly with the defendant's death. 2018-04-1
A group of men in a car opens fire in a town on the outskirts of Guatemala City, Guatemala, with 11 killed and 18 others injured. 2013-09-8
Guatemala's Constitutional Court overturns a genocide conviction against former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt due to a dispute over jurisdiction. 2013-05-20
A Guatemala court finds former military leader Efraín Ríos Montt guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity and sentences him to 80 years in prison. 2013-05-10
A Serbian court rules that former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladić is fit to stand a genocide trial at The Hague. 2011-05-27
Rwanda withdraws a threat to remove its peacekeepers from Darfur after a United Nations report accused the Rwandan army of genocide in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 2010-09-27
A total of 172 people are killed in the floods caused by Tropical Storm Agatha that struck Guatemala. 2010-06-7