Daily Updated Africa News from the most reliable sources around the world.http://www.trcb.com/en-Us60Thu, 9 Feb 2012 17:16:16 ESTCopyright 2012 IWPR - Institute for War & Peace, TRCB.com All Right Reservedhttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/comment-a-chink-of-light-for-democracy-25624.htmElection unlikely to change very much, but could open up a political space for opposition parties. By John A Akec in Khartoum (AR No 254, 8-APR-10)I fled South Sudan, amid fierce fighting in the region, in September 1990. I got an opportunity to study Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/comment-a-chink-of-light-for-democracy-25624.htmTRCB.comNews Africa / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/bogoro-victims-scars-examined-25491.htmCourt told that they may have been the consequence of gun shots. By Emily Ponder in London (AR No 254, 2-APR-10)An expert witness this week told the trial of alleged Congolese warlords Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo that scars from victims claiming Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/bogoro-victims-scars-examined-25491.htmTRCB.comNews Africa / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/election-commission-slammed-25339.htmAccusations levelled that electoral irregularities are not being properly dealt with. By Tajeldin Abdhalla Adam, Assadig Mustafa Zakaria Musa, Simon Jennings in Hilversum and Blake Evans-Pritchard in The Hague (AR No 254, 2-APR-10)With less than two Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/election-commission-slammed-25339.htmTRCB.comNews Africa / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/witness-lawyer-clash-25055.htmDefence shows frustration with witness over apparent discrepancies in statement about attack on Bogoro. By Emily Ponder in London (AR No 253, 25-Mar-10)A judge at the International Criminal Court, ICC, trial of alleged rebel leaders Germain Katanga and Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/witness-lawyer-clash-25055.htmTRCB.comNews Africa / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/court-told-of-witness-ruse-25054.htmDefence witness says he pretended to be ex-combatant to get food and money. By Wairagala Wakabi (AR No 253, 26-Mar-10) A defence witness in the war crimes trial of alleged Congolese rebel leader Thomas Lubanga said this week he participated in a Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/court-told-of-witness-ruse-25054.htmTRCB.comNews Africa / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/goma-struggles-with-street-kids-problem-24803.htmHundreds of orphaned and abandoned children pose serious social problem in eastern city. By Esprance Nzigire in Goma (AR No 251, 22-Mar-10)Children living on the streets have become such a problem in Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu, that a Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/goma-struggles-with-street-kids-problem-24803.htmTRCB.comNews Africa / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/concern-over-janjaweed-immunity-24802.htmActivists say Darfur militiamen absorbed into army to prevent them facing justice. By Tajeldin Abdhalla Adam, Assadig Mustafa Zakaria Musa, Simon Jennings and Katy Glassborow in Hilversum and Blake Evans-Pritchard in The Hague (AR No 251, Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/concern-over-janjaweed-immunity-24802.htmTRCB.comNews Africa / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/bogoro-witness-identifies-ngudjolo-katanga-24662.htmHe says he saw both defendants in attack on village, in which residents were killed and homes pillaged. By Emily Ponder in London (AR No 252, 18-Mar-10)A witness told the International Criminal Court, ICC, this week that he saw alleged rebel leaders Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/bogoro-witness-identifies-ngudjolo-katanga-24662.htmTRCB.comNews Africa / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/role-of-intermediaries-raised-again-24661.htmWitness says they coached him on what to say to the courts investigators. By Wairagala Wakabi in The Hague (AR No 251, 19-Mar-10)A witness who previously testified for the prosecution in the war crimes trial of alleged Congolese rebel leader Thomas Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/role-of-intermediaries-raised-again-24661.htmTRCB.comNews Africa / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/au-pushes-for-hybrid-courts-24244.htmAfrican Union explores ways in which local courts could bring justice to Darfur, but critics warn this may be impractical. By Tajeldin Abdhalla Adam, Assadig Mustafa Zakaria Musa and Katy Glassborow in Hilversum and Blake Evans-Pritchard in The Hague (AR Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/au-pushes-for-hybrid-courts-24244.htmTRCB.comNews Africa / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/new-bribery-claims-revealed-24186.htmTrial hears further allegations of corruption during prosecution investigations. By Wairagala Wakabi in The Hague (AR No 250, 12-Mar-10)The trial of alleged Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga heard testimony this week from a witness who said an Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/new-bribery-claims-revealed-24186.htmTRCB.comNews Africa / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/justice-elusive-for-rape-victims-24110.htmThe high burden of proof makes it almost impossible for them to win their cases. By Tajeldin Abdhalla Adam, Assadig Musa, Simon Jennings and Katy Glassborow in Hilversum (AR No 250, 12-Mar-10)Lawyers from Darfur say antiquated laws and weak Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/justice-elusive-for-rape-victims-24110.htmTRCB.comNews Africa / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/life-as-a-child-soldier-24109.htmYoung man forced to fight in Congos brutal conflict speaks of his traumatic ordeal. By Erick Kenzo in Goma (AR No 250, 12-Mar-10)The traumatic events of our lives always remain in our memories, however hard we try to forget them. These memories shape Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/life-as-a-child-soldier-24109.htmTRCB.comNews Africa / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/rebel-arrests-in-germany-fail-to-halt-violence-23830.htmActivists say theres been hardly any let-up in FDLR actions in eastern DRC since detention of its leaders. By Melanie Gouby in The Hague and Esperance Nzigire in Goma (AR No 249, 5-Mar-10)The arrest of two key Rwandan rebels in Germany has done little Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/rebel-arrests-in-germany-fail-to-halt-violence-23830.htmTRCB.comNews Africa / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/witness-testimony-deemed-prejudicial-to-defence-23777.htmTrial disrupted by new information from prosecution witness linking the two accused to Bogoro. By Blake Evans-Pritchard in The Hague (AR No 249, 5-Mar-10)Judges in the Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo trial agreed this week that new claims from a Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/witness-testimony-deemed-prejudicial-to-defence-23777.htmTRCB.comNews Africa / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/upc-men-linked-to-ugandan-army-23776.htmWitness describes UPC commanders wearing Ugandan military uniforms in photographs. By Wairagala Wakabi in The Hague (AR No 249, 5-Mar-10)A defence witness testifying in the trial of alleged Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga said this week that two Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/upc-men-linked-to-ugandan-army-23776.htmTRCB.comNews Africa / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/child-soldiers-allegedly-helped-pillage-bogoro-23268.htmWitness recounts how child soldiers wielding spears looted Ituri village. By Emily Ponder in London (AR No 248, 26-Feb-10)A prosecution witness in the trial of alleged Congolese warlords Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo this week described how child Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/child-soldiers-allegedly-helped-pillage-bogoro-23268.htmTRCB.comNews Africa / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/no-more-parole-for-rapists-23264.htmProsecutors in Katanga province pledge to end possibility of early release in rape cases. By Heritier Maila in Lubumbashi (AR No 248, 26-Feb-10)In response to concerns raised by womens' groups, prosecutors in the Katanga province of the Democratic Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/no-more-parole-for-rapists-23264.htmTRCB.comNews Africa / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/new-evidence-of-abuse-of-women-prisoners-23045.htmLink to original story by Heritier Maila published in AR No. 235, 5-Nov-09 By Heritier Maila in Lubumbashi (ICC-AU No 247, 22-Feb-10)I first got the idea to write about violence against female prisoners while visiting my cousin, who was serving time in Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/new-evidence-of-abuse-of-women-prisoners-23045.htmTRCB.comNews Africa / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/defence-ask-to-share-information-22959.htmLawyers want judge to allow them to share case details with Katanga defence team. By Wairagala Wakabi in The Hague (AR No 247, 19-Feb-10)The defence team for alleged Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga has asked judges to grant them permission to exchange Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/defence-ask-to-share-information-22959.htmTRCB.comNews Africa / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/lubanga-defence-ask-to-meet-katanga-witnesses-22852.htmLawyers want judge to allow them to share case details with Katanga defence team. By Wairagala Wakabi in The Hague (AR No 247, 19-Feb-10)The defence team for alleged Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga has asked judges to grant them permission to exchange Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/lubanga-defence-ask-to-meet-katanga-witnesses-22852.htmTRCB.comNews Africa / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/witness-tells-of-anger-before-bogoro-22845.htmTrial hears of prelude to raid on Ituri village, in which scores were killed. By Emily Ponder in London (AR No 247, 19-Feb-10)A witness in the trial of two alleged Congolese warlords told their Hague tribunal this week of how soldiers were assembled Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/witness-tells-of-anger-before-bogoro-22845.htmTRCB.comNews Africa / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/international-justiceicc-dec-09jan-10-22679.htmIWPR project team produces three-part radio series to highlight issue of sexual violence in Darfur. By Katy Glassborow in The HagueIWPR has produced a three-part series on sexual violence in Darfur for the radio programme Fi al Mizan (On the Scale), in Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/international-justiceicc-dec-09jan-10-22679.htmTRCB.comNews Africa / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/international-justiceicc-dec-09jan-10-22678.htmGrowing demand among DRC radio stations for Live Hague broadcasts on Katanga case. By IWPR staff in The HagueIWPR radio reports on the International Criminal Court, ICC, trial of Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo are reaching listeners across the Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/international-justiceicc-dec-09jan-10-22678.htmTRCB.comNews Africa / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/army-tries-soldiers-accused-of-kasugho-attack-22674.htmStores were looted and women raped as aggrieved troops wreaked mayhem. By Desanges Kavira Kihuha in Goma(AR No 247, 15-Feb-10)The army of the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, says it has begun trying some of the soldiers accused of a five-day orgy of Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/africa/general/army-tries-soldiers-accused-of-kasugho-attack-22674.htmTRCB.comNews Africa / General