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1.	Ida calls for local trial of ICC Suspect
	Author: Nation Report	Date Written: 27 January 2012
	Primary Category: Eastern Region	Document Origin: The Daily Nation
	Secondary Category: Eastern Region	Source URL: http://www.nation.co.ke
	Key Words: International Criminal Court, election violence, Odinga, justice
	Summary & Comment: Ida Odinga, wife of Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, has added her voice to the growing debate about the trial of four Kenyans being charged by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity during the post-2008 election violence in Kenya. She is calling for the victims to be tried locally, arguing that this is a better solution th . . . [expand]
2.	Ethiopia: Canada should crack aid whip on abuse, says human rights report
	Author: Mike Blanchfield	Date Written: 26 January 2012
	Primary Category: Eastern Region	Document Origin: The Canadian Press
	Secondary Category: Human Rights	Source URL: http://www.thecanadianpress.com/
	Key Words: Ethiopia, land, eviction, human rights,
	Summary & Comment: Ethiopia is forcing locals off their land, so they can offer up millions of hectares of fertile farmland to foreign companies from countries such as China, India and Saudi Arabia for large-scale farm factories, claims a recent research report. The Canadian government should think twice where their aid dollars are going. DH
3.	Kenya: A call to respect International Criminal Court process and ensure security
	Author: Press release	Date Written: 24 January 2012
	Primary Category: Eastern Region	Document Origin: East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.defenddefenders.org/
	Key Words: Kenya, ICC, witnesses, human rights,
	Summary & Comment: The Court should put in place a strategy to protect human rights defenders as the cases come to trial and in the run-up to national elections in Kenya in 2013, says The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project. Protection to witnesses must be afforded by the Government of Kenya. DH
4.	Kenya: National Council of Churches of Kenya calls for peace after International Criminal Court ruling
	Author: CISA	Date Written: 24 January 2012
	Primary Category: Eastern Region	Document Origin: Catholic Information Service for Africa
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.cisanewsafrica.com/
	Key Words: Kenya, ICC, NCCK, peace, elections,
	Summary & Comment: The NCCK said, “This ruling should not be seen in any way as an indictment on any community or individual but a process in search of justice for the victims and suspects of the post-election violence.” A call for peace in the run up to elections in 2012. DH
5.	Kenya: Impact of the International Criminal Court proceedings
	Author: Africa Briefing N°84	Date Written: 9 January 2012
	Primary Category: Eastern Region	Document Origin: International Crisis Group
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.crisisgroup.org/
	Key Words: Kenya, ICC, governance, elections,
	Summary & Comment: With elections due in Kenya in 2012, this briefing paper outlines the ICC’s and the government’s obligations. "If the ICC process is to contribute to the deterrence of future political violence in Kenya, the court and its friends must explain its work and limitations better to the public. Furthermore, Kenya’s government must complement that IC . . . [expand]
6.	Kenya: Journalist threatened for his reporting
	Author: CPJ, New York	Date Written: 9 December 2011
	Primary Category: Eastern Region	Document Origin: Committee to Protect Journalists
	Secondary Category: Media	Source URL: http://cpj.org/
	Key Words: Kenya, CPJ, journalist, threats,
	Summary & Comment: Kenyan journalist Robert Wanyonyi is threatened for his coverage of a confrontation between villagers and police as well as his reporting of the local district commissioner, linked to the incident. Several were left dead from the incident. DH
7.	Tanzania: 50 years of progress
	Author: Editorial	Date Written: 8 December 2011
	Primary Category: Eastern Region	Document Origin: The Citizen (Dar es Salaam)
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/
	Key Words: Tanzania, development, progress, independence,
	Summary & Comment: This editorial celebrates the highlights of progress made by Tanzania mainland in its 50 years of independence. Challenges also abound as they continue to fight poverty, ignorance, disease and corruption. DH

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1. Kenyan Chief Tweets His Way to Reducing Crime
   Using 140 characters or less, Chief Francis Kariuki in Kenya, has tweeted his way to reducing crime in his and surrounding villages.
2. UGANDA: Using Community Radio to Heal After Kony's War
   Radio Mega FM's transmission tower rises from the centre of Gulu town, transmitting talk shows and the latest Ugandan radio hits to listeners across the district. But it also serves as something of an informal memorial to community radio-driven peace efforts during the Lord's Resistance Army's destruction of northern Uganda.
3. UGANDA: Rural Women's Banks Ease Tough Times
   For most Ugandan women, obtaining a commercial loan to start a business has been very difficult. Many do not have the required collateral of land title deeds and many cannot afford the interest rates charged by commercial banks.
4. KENYA: Four Years On, IDPs Remain in Camps
   Six-year-old Victor Muruga points to a hole in the bush that he calls his "bedroom". "I sleep there, under that tree and my mother sleeps under that blanket," says Muruga.
5. SOUTH SUDAN: Still Counting the Dead in Inter-Ethnic Conflict
   In the ward of a partially destroyed clinic, Mangiro (who did not give his last name) sat on a bed next to his wounded nine-year-old daughter, Ngathin. The little girl is fortunate, she survived the recent inter-ethnic clashes in Pibor county that killed her mother and sisters.