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Italiano KINSHASA – The trial of Thomas Lubanga on war crimes charges that include the conscription of children, the first ever to be heard by the International Criminal Court, has been viewed as an important test of the international court’s credibility and effectiveness. Although the trial began in January 2009, Lubanga has been in ICC detention since March 2006. Beset by procedural hiccups, some observers fear the trial has gone on for too long. Others see the setbacks as a sign that justice is in fact being carried out in a court grappling with its first case.
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 IRIN  30/07/2010At a church compound in Nairobi’s Mathare slum, women and their children line up for food rations. Among them is Zipporah Mueni, an HIV-positive mother of five. Continue reading Addressing the role of religion in HIV response IRIN 30/07/2010As many African countries battle to bring down staggering rates of maternal and child mortality, maternal and child health made for a fitting theme at the African Union (AU) Summit this week in Kampala, Uganda. IRIN 30/07/2010The race to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) by 2015 is more than halfway run, but new reports say South Africa is unlikely to reduce its burden of deaths in children under five in time to cross the finish line. IRIN 16/07/2010DAKAR – Accusations of child witchcraft are on the rise in sub-Saharan Africa – spurred on by urbanization, poverty, conflict and fragmenting communities, creating a “multi-crisis” for already vulnerable children – says the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). IRIN 16/07/2010HARARE – Tinashe, a single mother of three living in Mbare township in Harare, the Zimbabwean capital, regularly misses a meal so as to stretch her US$90 a month income, and occasionally gives her children food left over from her employers’ meals at the middle-class household where she is a domestic worker. Continue reading A third of children chronically malnourished AfricaVision Online 03/07/2010An oil tanker exploded in Democratic Republic of Congo, close to the border with Burundi, least 220 people are feared dead. Parts of Sange village are burning. A truck, travelling from Tanzania, overturned in the village. The fuel oil spread through the village before exploding. The village is about 70km south of the town of Bukavu in South Kivu. IRIN 28/06/2010DAKAR – Nearly 17 percent of Niger’s children younger than five suffer acute malnutrition, a 5 percent increase over the same period last year, according to a national survey released by the government. More than 15 percent acute malnutrition is classified as a critical emergency by the UN World Health Organization (WHO). The report links this increase to the poor 2008-2009 harvests. IRIN 28/06/2010MBABANE – Swaziland has made remarkable progress in reducing HIV transmission from infected mothers to their babies, but health activists worry that this may be stalled or even reversed if lapses in basic health services are not addressed. IRIN 28/06/2010JOHANNESBURG – “Out of sight, out of mind” explains why Southern Africa has been grappling with one of the biggest outbreaks of measles, a highly contagious viral disease, since 2009. |
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