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  • Kenya

    The politics of IDPs

    As the government embarks on a process to resettle the internal refugees uprooted from their homes by post-election violence, human rights activists are calling for a more humane approach.

    Friday, 16 May 2008
  • D R Congo

    Nkunda faces International Criminal Court dilemma

    Will Nkunda hand over the chief of staff of his militia to the International criminal Court? An ICC court has indicted Bosco Ntaganda for crimes he committed when he was a senior leader of Forces Patriotiques Pour la Libération du Congo. There is speculation of a military revolt within Nkunda's forces and a threat of outright war if Ntaganda is handed over. This analysis highlights potential threats and the major actors involved. MUB

    Monday, 12 May 2008
  • Central African Republic

    Who's who with guns?

    The Central African Republic is striving to turn the page on decades of armed violence linked to mutinies, coups and attempted coups. Hundreds of thousands of civilians remain displaced, many of them unable, or too afraid, to farm their land. This is an overview of the various armed groups, government security forces and international military missions in the country.

    Monday, 12 May 2008
  • Cote D'Ivoire

    Centre offers children health and hope

    A straw hut in the courtyard of the Ariel Glaser Paediatric Centre in Bouake is filled with children of all ages playing or eating meals prepared by the centre's cook, all under the watchful eye of relatives.

    Thursday, 8 May 2008
  • Rwanda

    Reconciliation still a major challenge

    Is it possible to talk about reconciliation when genocide perpetrators are freed after having repented their crime in the public gacaca courts? This is the question may are asking in post genocide Rwanda.

    Tuesday, 15 April 2008

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  • Nigeria

    Private universities and officials lock horns

    The Catholic Church of Nigeria and the National Universities Commission are at loggerheads over the legal and academic status of seminaries and institutions affiliated to Nigerian universities.

    Mon, 5 May 2008
  • Africa's next great Scramble

    Africans in the Dark over the Congo River project

    Advocates of the $80 billion Grand Inga Project on the Congo River project who met in London this week failed to include the voices of those who will be most affected if the dam is built.

    African non-governmental organizations and the affected communities were pointedly excluded from participating in the London meeting. Instead, almost 100 representatives of governments, banks and the dam industry gathered to discuss financing the project's development. This flawed process bodes ill for the project's ability to reduce poverty in the region or to provide sustainable development.

    Wed, 23 April 2008
  • Angola

    Gearing for election government closes human rights office

    In preparation for the elections in September, the government has taken two actions indicating that they are planning a repressive campaign. They closed down the UN office on Human Rights in Luanda on April 1. They supported Mugabe's election process and were completely uncritical. The Angolan leaders of the SADC monitoring team were quick to say that the election in Zimbabwe had been free and fair, before other monitors had time to make this evaluation. The government had also indicated earlier that they would supply police support in the event of a breakdown in order in Zimbabwe. JK

    Wed, 16 April 2008
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