Last year's appointment of a special representative to the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo on the issues of child soldiers and rape during conflict is bringing ... Read more »
The trial of former Chadian dictator, Hissène Habré, will be the first by an African Union-backed court. It will also be the first time that a former president will ... Read more »
Police have arrested leading editor, Fred M'membe of the independent daily, The Post, and his reporter, Mukosha Funga, and charged them with publishing classified documents. Read more »
Captain Zenóbio Lázaro Muhondo Zumba has been arrested after an investigation by the Criminal Investigation Service seized computers and other documentation from 15 ... Read more »
Ninteen students at St Mary's Kibabi Boys High School in Bungoma have been sent home over alleged homosexuality. Read more »
Mobile courts have been utilized in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to prosecute cases of sexual violence perpetrated by military personnel and civilians. Over the past month, ... Read more »
Prominent opposition parties and individuals attended a prayer meeting for the missing anti-Mugabe activist Itai Dzamara. Read more »
Just ahead of President Barack Obama's scheduled visit to Ethiopia, the government has dropped charges against bloggers and journalists who have been imprisoned for more than a ... Read more »
Preparations for President Barack Obama's first visit to Kenya have ruffled feathers, with some anti-gay activists demonstrating against homosexuality but other Kenyans seeing the ... Read more »
The country has received more than 1 400 bodies from South Africa in the past six months. Read more »
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