[RFI] Central African Republic's Special Criminal Court, set up to probe war crimes and crimes against humanity committed since 2003, opens its first trial Tuesday, seven years after it was created.

[JusticeInfo.net] The Special Criminal Court opens its first trial on April 19. But this mixed court in the Central African Republic, composed of national and international magistrates, is experiencing a serious crisis of confidence. Five years after...

[DW] Former child soldiers are providing new information about the leader of the notorious Lord's Resistance Army. The evasive Kony has been on the run since 2005 when the ICC issued an arrest warrant for him.

[WHO-AFRO] Major antibiotic donation moves African countries closer to defeating yaws

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Coronavirus lockdowns have contributed to "soaring rates" of sexual and gender-based violence across Africa, says a new report. And "almost all actors" in the continent's armed conflicts use sexual violence as a tactic of war...

[VOA] Geneva -- A new report on the human rights situation in the Central African Republic says combating impunity is key to achieving national reconciliation and a durable peace in the war-torn country. The report from a U.N. investigator was submit...

[IPS] Bangui, Central African Republic -- Nine-year-old Marguerite Doumkel sits among other children in a classroom in Paoua, a sub-prefecture of Ouham Pende, in the Central African Republic (CAR).