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KAMPALA, 17 May 2012 (IRIN) - The arrest of a senior Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) commander has reignited debate in Uganda about what to do with alleged war criminals: let them go, to encourage other rebels to surrender; or prosecute them in the name of accountability and justice....

Read more: IRIN Africa | UGANDA: Amnesty or prosecution for war criminals? | Uganda | Conflict

TEL AVIV, 17 May 2012 (IRIN) - Blessing Akachukneu was already looking for a new place to live when her south Tel Aviv apartment, which doubles as a day-care centre, was firebombed in April. Her Israeli neighbours, she explained, had complained to the landlord about the noise from the day-care centre and she had been asked to leave. Otherwise, she had not had any problems in Shapira neighbourhood....

Read more: IRIN Middle East | ISRAEL: Growing tensions between locals and migrants | Israel | Conflict | Health & Nutrition | Human Rights

A Cabinet minister and a member of Parliament have called for fresh vetting of internally displaced people who benefited from the government’s compensation scheme....

Read more: Leaders demand fresh audit of IDPs’. payment  - Politics |nation.co.ke

A Cabinet minister and a member of Parliament have called for fresh vetting of internally displaced people who benefited from the government’s compensation scheme....

Read more: Leaders demand fresh audit of IDPs’. payment  - Politics |nation.co.ke

ABIDJAN, 16 May 2012 (IRIN) - South of the Sahel, where drought, high food prices and other factors have pushed some 16 million into hunger, 320,000 people in Côte d'Ivoire are also grappling with food insecurity. A combination of forces is causing region-wide high prices for rice, but the government's efforts to make the staple food cheaper lack teeth and are proving difficult to impose....

Read more: IRIN Africa | COTE D'IVOIRE: Traders resist rice price rules | Cote d'Ivoire | Children | Economy | Food Security | Governance

GISENYI (WESTERN RWANDA), 16 May 2012 (IRIN) - In the last few weeks fighting between government troops and “mutineers” has ended three years of relative peace in North Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and thousands of refugees have been streaming across the border to Rwanda....

Read more: IRIN Africa | DRC: North Kivu in turmoil again | DRC | Conflict | Governance | Refugees/IDPs

CHIANG MAI, 16 May 2012 (IRIN) - A recent decision to undertake a national census could prove key to empowering Myanmar's more than 100 ethnic groups, provided it is inclusive and conducted to international standards....

Read more: IRIN Asia | MYANMAR: Census offers hope to ethnic groups | Myanmar | Human Rights

GISENYI (WESTERN RWANDA), 16 May 2012 (IRIN) - In the last few weeks fighting between government troops and “mutineers” has ended three years of relative peace in North Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and thousands of refugees have been streaming across the border to Rwanda....

Read more: IRIN Africa | DRC: North Kivu in turmoil again | DRC | Conflict | Governance | Refugees/IDPs

CHIANG MAI, 16 May 2012 (IRIN) - A recent decision to undertake a national census could prove key to empowering Myanmar's more than 100 ethnic groups, provided it is inclusive and conducted to international standards....

Read more: IRIN Asia | MYANMAR: Census offers hope to ethnic groups | Myanmar | Human Rights

An Administration Police officer is killed and four others seriously injured...

Read more: Police officer killed in vehicle blast  - Counties |nation.co.ke