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Kenya's deputy president promises to cooperate with Hague

Kenya's deputy president, William Ruto, promised the International Criminal Court on Tuesday he and the president would cooperate despite calling their charges over election violence the result of...

Daily podcast – May 10, 2013.

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City of Johannesburg mayor Parks Tau said on Thursday the city has budgeted R30-billion for infrastructure development for the next three years. He said this would form part of an ambitious public...

Kenya asks UN Security Council to end Hague case against president

ICC

Kenya has asked the UN Security Council to end International Criminal Court proceedings against President Uhuru Kenyatta and others, but council diplomats who discussed the request on Thursday said...

Kenya: Uhuru Kenyatta takes control and sets an example for Africa.

INSIGHT AFRICA

Following President Uhuru Kenyatta's election as President, The Economist in its April 6 edition asked the question "Will the new centre hold?" The article went on to express three worries which...

The wheels of international criminal justice grind slowly for Hissène Habré

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

Hissène Habré was the president of Chad from 1982 until he was deposed in 1990. He has been living in exile in Senegal since 1990. He was indicted there in 2000 and is under house arrest under...

Election reflection: The making and unmaking of Kenya’s 2013 election drama

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

On Saturday afternoon, 9 March 2013, five days after the Kenyan general election, Isaak Hassan, Chairman of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), announced the final results...

SA: Andries Nel: Address by the Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, on the occasion of the Workshop on Ratification and Implementation of the Kampala Amendments, to the Rome Statute of the ICC, Botswana (15/04/2013)

SPEECH

Mr. Chairperson, on behalf of the Government of South Africa, it is my honour and pleasure to thank the Government of Botswana, for hosting this Workshop on the Ratification and Implementation of...

For the first time civil society is given a platform at the Chemical Weapons Convention

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

In a major coup for global civil society, non-governmental organisations – including the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) – were this week for the first time provided the opportunity to...

A warlord faces justice at the ICC after six years on the run

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

On Tuesday 26 March, Bosco Ntaganda, a former rebel leader accused by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Democratic Republic of Congo...

39% of sub-Saharan Africans lack access to clean drinking water – report

Water

A lack of progress in improving global access to water, sanitation and hygiene is inhibiting progress in economic and human development – particularly in child health, nutrition and education –...

When a presidential candidate is charged with grave crimes

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

On Friday 15 February 2013, the High Court of Kenya finally made a ruling on the suitability of the Jubilee Alliance presidential candidate, Uhuru Kenyatta, to contest the March 4 elections. In its...

Daily podcast – February 21, 2013.

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The department of human settlements said on Wednesday that steps were being taken to rectify badly-built RDP houses and to hold responsible parties accountable.

AFC: Statement by the Africa Finance Corporation, investment bank and development finance institution, on the launch of a project development facility with the Dutch Development Bank (28/01/2013)

STATEMENT

Improved governance and macroeconomic conditions have not increased Africa’s share of global private infrastructure investment, despite the substantial and growing demand for infrastructure. Few...

SA: Andries Nel: Address by the Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, at the opening of a training course on: "Investigating Cases of Sexual and Gender-based Violence as International Crimes", Farm Inn, Tshwane (27/01/2013)

SPEECH

South Africa is a veritable powerhouse when it comes to contributing to the production of new ideas and concepts, many of them, such as positive complementarity, we can justifiably be proud of,...

UK: David Cameron: Address by the British Prime Minister, on the future of the European Union and the United Kingdom, Europe (23/01/2013)

SPEECH

What Churchill described as the twin marauders of war and tyranny have been almost entirely banished from our continent. Today, hundreds of millions dwell in freedom, from the Baltic to the...

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