In September 2015 the Namibian High Court, in the country’s capital Windhoek, found Geoffrey Mwilima, a former opposition parliamentarian, and…
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The trial of Hissène Habré, Chad’s former tyrannical ruler, has raised hopes that new systems of so-called hybrid justice can…
Thomas Kwoyelo is the first person to face trial in Uganda for crimes he allegedly committed while fighting for the…
Over the past two decades, a series of interconnected conflicts has blighted the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with a…
Nigeria’s commercial capital is much improved, offering lessons to the rest of Africa Approached at night, Lagos is a dull…
Nigeria’s commercial capital is much improved, offering lessons to the rest of Africa Approached at night, Lagos is a dull…
Some 122 states have ratified the Rome Statute that established the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 2002, among them…
DRC: hasty electoral reforms Decentralisation threatens to create more instability in this central African country by François Misser On March…
Angola: local elections The MPLA government has promised decentralisation many times, but is afraid of losing power by Louise Redvers…
The Zimbabwean government has apparently bowed to pressure by effecting changes to its controversial Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act, which…
