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  • Rwanda

    How Rwanda’s traditional courts are speeding up trials of genocide suspects

    The traditional courts are fostering a spirit of reconciliation among the victims and perpetrators of the genocide.
  • Mapping The Unmapped

    Mapping specialist Stefano Marras presents the findings of his research, which suggests that most estimates of the population size in Kenya’s largest slum are exaggerated.
  • Kenya

    Situation Remains Dire for Kenyan IDPs in Transit Camps

    Internal refugees in Kenya’s volatile Rift Valley Province still face hard times although the post-election violence that routed them from their homes ended last February.
  • 10 November 2008 (IRIN)

    DRC: What Will Stop The Fighting?

    JOHANNESBURG - A pledge by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to compliment UN peacekeeping forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with SADC soldiers does not take account of the regional body's limited military capacity, a military analyst told IRIN.
  • Kenya

    Peace Deal In Jeopardy, Seven Months On

    On February 28, 2008, Kenya’s president and opposition leader signed a peace accord to end bloodshed that erupted when they both claimed victory in the 2007 presidential election. The deal rescued the country from the brink of anarchy, but the two leaders are increasingly failing to resolve the historical factors behind the turmoil

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  • Kibera: The Correct Numbers

    Fr Renato Kizito Sesana examines a newly conducted mapping exercise, which disputes common estimates of the population in one of Africa’s largest slums, Kibera.

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