Investigating Women and Violence in Africa

Call for story proposals: Our fifth and final Transnational Investigation (TI) under the SIDA funded grant programme in 2013 will focus on “Women and Violence in Africa”, open to both male and female journalists. [Deadline: 25 July 2013]

US tout democracy amid Egypt military coup

The Obama administration turned to its top officials to tout democracy and political transparency for Egypt, a message that took on a hollow tone as the Egyptian military installed a new leader for the country and began rounding up its ousted president and his supporters.

2013-07-05, News 24 and agencies

Post-Ntaganda, DRC finds itself still in the same old mess

Is the arrest of long-wanted warlord General Bosco Ntaganda a beacon of hope for the Democratic Republic of Congo? RNW  blogger in Rwanda thinks not. 

Source: RNW Africa Desk, 14 April 2013, By Sunny Ntayombya*

Kenya: The cauldron of violence is hotting up again

Many Kenyans hoped the country could overcome past election violence as it heads to the polls in six months. That hope has been lost as politicians once again exploit ethnic differences and bleed their constituents in their pursuit of power.

South Sudan: Human rights groups call for independent investigation into Jonglei violence

Human rights groups have called on the South Sudanese government to establish an independent body to investigate crimes and abuses allegedly committed in Jonglei state following last December’s tribal clashes.  The South Sudan Human Rights Advocacy Association (SSHRA), one of the country’s 23-member civil Society alliance on Saturday has welcomed calls by Human Rights Watch (HRW) for authorities to arrest and prosecute those responsible for the ethnic violence.