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Sudan: Africa And the International Criminal Court

ELEVEN years ago when I opened the Rome conference that led to the founding of the International Criminal Court, I reminded the delegates that the eyes of the victims of past crimes and the potential victims of future ones were fixed firmly upon them.

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Kenya: Govt Does Deal With International Prosecutor

International Criminal Court prosecutor Louis Moreno-Ocampo has requested information on investigations and prosecutions in the 2008 post-election violence.

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Kenya: Obama Scolds Nation's Leaders

US President Barack Obama has strongly criticised Kenya's leadership, expressing concern about the country's political and economic direction.

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Uganda: New Rebellion in North?

The northern Uganda region, just settling from two decades of the Joseph Kony-led LRA's brutal military campaign, is on the verge of slipping into another rebellion, at least according to official accounts.

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Africa: Would Africa Have Been Better Off With Hillary Clinton?

Barack Obama's Africa policy may become more active in a positive sense in the months and years ahead. But on the evidence so far it does seem credible that the African continent itself would have been better off if Hillary Clinton had become President of the United States.

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Africa: Continent's Leaders Will Refuse to Arrest Bashir

The final day of the African Union summit has been dedicated to the issue of the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir, charged with seven counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, rape and torture.

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Tanzania: Circumcision 'Key Factor' in HIV War

Male circumcision has become an important factor in the spread of HIV in Tanzania, health officials have said, naming regions where it is not practised as the worst affected by the pandemic.

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Africa: Civil Society Struggles to Access AU Summit

No gathering hosted by Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi is ever dull, and the Thirteenth Ordinary Session of the African Union, concluding in Sirte, Libya today has not disappointed.

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East Africa: Preparedness Gaps Evident as First Flu Cases Diagnosed

Although some countries within East Africa and the Horn region have scaled up their influenza A (H1N1) contingency plans, overall pandemic preparedness remains "relatively inactive", a UN agency has said, as the first cases were reported in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda.

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Uganda: Mao Must Answer for Role in Rebellion

GULU district chairman Norbert Mao has questions to answer, army spokesperson Maj. Felix Kulayigye has said.

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Uganda: Ghost Pupils Found in Kamuli School

A PRIMARY school in Kamuli district has been receiving capitation grants for 450 ghost pupils since 2005, according to investigators from the education ministry and the Internal Security Organisation.

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Uganda: Kony Could Be Tried in Country

LRA Rebel leader Joseph Kony could be tried in Uganda by the International Criminal Court (ICC) if arrested.

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Uganda: Country to Get Law Against Female Circumcision

A law against female circumcision will soon be enacted, President Yoweri Museveni has said.

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Sudan: Women's Centres Re-Open in Darfur With Help From AU-UN Mission

Female internally displaced persons (IDPs) will again be able to learn job skills, take literacy classes and receive awareness programmes on reproductive health after the joint African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) helped reactivate women's centres at an IDP camp in the Sudanese region.

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Ethiopia: New Draft Law Proposed to Prevent, Suppress Money Laundering

Ahead of the completion of this year's parliament's regular session for recess, a new draft law enabling to prevent and suppress illegal act of money laundering presented for discussion among Members of Parliaments on Tuesday.