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Why isn't Laurent Gbagbo being tried by an African court?
RNW recently spoke to Fatou Bensouda, the Gambian chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Here she answers a question posed by one of our readers about the case of former Ivory CoastRNW Africa on Facebook
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Video: MADONNA VS BANDA - THE FIGHT IS ON
The war of words gets physical between pop star Madonna and Malawian President Joyce Banda. Ikenna returns with a full episode next week.
Article: My Song: eLDee on 'I go yarn'
Nigeria’s problems won’t be solved until people start speaking up. At least that’s what eLDee thinks. That’s why the hip-hop artist decided to write ‘I go yarn’.
Video: A Ugandan in Amsterdam, driven to the verge of suicide
In this 12th clip from the Surprising Europe video series, we meet Sylvia from Uganda. Even after living in the Netherlands for 15 years, she still hasn't found a permanent home. The situation drove her to the verge of suicide.
Article: Unsung hero #1: broom power
Know someone who does an everyday task to improve your neighbourhood, your village or your city? Not all heroes have their names published in the newspaper or, for that matter, get public recognition.
Article: Hovhorosi $tyle, a signature for Zim youth in Mugabe mode
That Munya Chidzonga was a finalist in Big Brother Africa 5 is old news. But the autograph that the Zimbabwean reality TV star got from President Robert Mugabe continues to keep two young designers in the spotlight.
Article: Breaking Nigeria’s taboo on mental illness, a tweet at a time
In Nigeria, widespread ignorance fuels perceptions that people with a mental illness are somehow cursed or possessed by demons.
Article: Keeping a crafty killer on the run: malaria
Imagine that snake attacks were killing a person a minute. Or that it was dogs, or foxes or chickens that were killing three quarters of a million people a year.
Article: In Somalia, women are going into business – and succeeding
A growing number of women in Somalia are going into business. And for some in the traditionally conservative Muslim country, this is an opportunity to attain financial independence and upward mobility. By Abdurrahman Warsameh, Mogadishu
Article: Ntaganda trial revives nationality debate in DRC
Bosco Ntaganda’s laconic statement on 26 March at the International Criminal Court lasted less than an hour.
Article: Former child soldier-turned-activist Helen Kwac speaks
When she was 14, Helen Kwac (not her real name) was abducted by Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army in northern Uganda.
