UPDATE: Based on the available information, the Obama administration did not create or finance a separate “black ICC” (International Criminal Court) for Africans.
However, the Obama administration did provide significant diplomatic and logistical support to the existing International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, particularly for its investigations in Africa, leading to criticisms from some African leaders and activists.
While the US is not a member of the ICC, the Obama administration actively cooperated with it, reversing the previous Bush-era policy of active hostility toward the court. The Obama administration provided support for ICC investigations in African nations, including providing logistical help to track down Lord’s Resistance Army leaders in Uganda.
Targeting African Leaders: By 2011, nine of the first ten ICC investigations were in Africa, which led to complaints from some African leaders that the court was targeting the continent. Critics sometimes referred to the ICC as a tool for prosecuting Africans.
The Obama administration expanded the Rewards for Justice program to include ICC indictees. US law (the American Service-members’ Protection Act) prohibits direct material support to the ICC, but the Obama administration bypassed this by providing “diplomatic and informational support” on a case-by-case basis.
The claims in some activist circles that the ICC was acting as an “International Caucasian Court” in Africa arose because the court’s investigations were focused on African leaders while western powers often escaped scrutiny during this period.