January 14

• Kenya: Past Violence Causes Anxiety Among Voters

  Those who suffered during the unrest five years ago weigh up going to the ballot again on March 4 Read more »

January 10

• Kenya: Special Court Faces Uphill Task [analysis]

  Proposals for an international division of Kenyan high court are widely welcomed, though experts say securing justice for past election violence remains a challenge. Read more »

December 23, 2012

• Kenya: Bad Memories Spark Polls Fears

  As Kenya heads towards its first general election under a new constitution next March, many who suffered during the bloodshed that followed the last polls in 2007 have not... Read more »

December 21, 2012

• Kenya: Kofi Annan Comments Spark Kenyan Election Row

  Recent remarks made by former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, advising Kenyans not to vote for presidential candidates who face trial at the International Criminal... Read more »

December 20, 2012

• Uganda: Desperate Mothers Dope Own Children

  Extreme poverty among young mothers in northern Uganda is driving some to dose their children with medication when they go out at night to earn a living as prostitutes. Read more »

December 10, 2012

• Kenya: Kenyan Chief Justice Announces Special Court

  Kenyan chief justice Willy Mutunga used the launch of a media project run by IWPR and the Wayamo Communication Foundation to announce the establishment of a special division of the... Read more »

December 03, 2012

• Uganda: Desperate Mothers Drug Children

  Extreme poverty among young mothers in northern Uganda is driving some to dose their children with medication when they go out at night to earn a living as prostitutes. Read more »

November 22, 2012

• Kenya: Calls for Greater ICC Effort in Kenya

  Kenya's attorney general is calling on the International Criminal Court in The Hague to do more to help his country's own judiciary prosecute individuals accused of responsibility... Read more »

November 15, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: Will Kinshasa Go Easy On M23 Rebels?

  Insurgent fighters in eastern Congo find they can sign peace deals and join the army, and then desert to extract more concessions from weak government. Read more »

November 09, 2012

• Kenya: Five Years On, Kenya's Rift Valley Still Tense

  Despite public claims of reconciliation, divisions still run deep between communities. Read more »

October 26, 2012

• Kenya: No Immunity for Kenyan Candidates [opinion]

  Success in upcoming election would not block Hague charges against two presidential hopefuls. Read more »

October 15, 2012

• South Sudan: Praise for South Sudan Radio Show

  Listeners call in to local radio stations after series on women's rights starts airing. Read more »

October 12, 2012

• Uganda: New Trainees for Facing Justice Radio

  A new intake of trainees has begun reporting for IWPR while taking part in a broadcast journalism training programme in northern Uganda. Read more »

October 11, 2012

• Sudan: Abyei Dispute Threatens Accords

  Recent thaw in relations between Khartoum and South Sudan could be reversed without rapid territorial solution for contested region. Read more »

October 10, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: Making Reparations Work in Congo

  ICC supports inclusive approach to reparations, but how wide can its reach be? Read more »

October 08, 2012

• Uganda: Concerns Over North Uganda Development Plans

  Local government so under-resourced that it will find it hard to deliver ambitious development plan for northern areas. Read more »

August 06, 2012

• Mali: Doubt Cast Over Hague Probe of Coup Crimes

  The International Criminal Court, ICC, has promised to probe allegations of human rights abuses during a coup in Mali earlier this year. Read more »

August 03, 2012

• Kenya: Witness Protection Fears in Kenya [opinion]

  Fears that government's failure to fund witness programme will hamper local investigations into post-election violence. Read more »

July 16, 2012

• Kenya: Police Violence Victims Fight for Justice

  Kenyans shot by police during months of post-election violence in 2007-08 are struggling to claim the compensation due to them. Read more »

July 13, 2012

• Kenya: Suspects Remain Free Pending Hague Trials

  Four Kenyan suspects indicted by the International Criminal Court, ICC, are to be allowed to remain at liberty pending trial, and if they remain cooperative, they might also stay... Read more »

• Uganda: IWPR Coverage Brings Help to Ugandan Street Children [opinion]

  Headmistress offers boys bursary after hearing of their plight on Facing Justice radio programme. Read more »

July 12, 2012

• Sudan: Opposition Fails to Take Lead On Protests

  Although leading Sudanese opposition parties came together last week to back the grassroots movement for regime change, the move has so far failed to take the ongoing street... Read more »

July 10, 2012

• Uganda: Is Uganda Losing Battle Against Nodding Disease? [analysis]

  As the nodding disease crisis in northern Uganda worsens, local health workers and parents have told IWPR that many of the children affected are still struggling to access... Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: Judges Deplore Failure to Charge Warlord With Sexual Violence

  Convicted Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo has been sentenced to 14 years in jail, but he will have six years knocked off his sentence for the time he has already served in... Read more »

June 22, 2012

• Sudan: Beginning of End for Bashir?

  Student-led demonstrations coupled with growing frustration among sections of Sudan's broader population provide the strongest indications yet of a real push for regime change,... Read more »