Journalists participating in the "Communicating Justice" training courses are encouraged to send reports to this website. Watch this space for their stories on transitional justice in our project countries: Liberia, Sierra Leone, Uganda, DR Congo and Burundi.
Uganda: Landmine victims struggle to reintegrate society
21 Jan 2009 | By Michael Wambi
As peace returns to northern Uganda, many displaced people are returning home. Among them are scores of landmine survivors. A report by Michael Wambi
Sierra Leone: Registration for War Victims Kicks Off
04 Dec 2008 | By Joseph Turay, journalist at Cotton Tree News
Sierra Leone government agency has started registration for victims of the war for the implementation of a reparations program. Joseph Turay reports
Uganda: Child Mothers find new ways to survive in displaced camps
03 Dec 2008 | By Gloria Aciro Laker
For more than 20 years, the Acholi community in Northern Uganda largely depended on relief food. They were displaced into camps following fighting between rebels of the Lords Resistance Army and government soldiers. Gloria Aciro Laker of the New nation reports.
Uganda: War Victim Seeks Justice for Dead Relative
26 Oct 2008 | By Bill Oketch
Northern Uganda war-affected mother takes her fight to Mato Oput, the ethnic Acholi traditional system of justice. A story by Bill Oketch
Sierra Leone: Red Cross helps amputee children with schooling
20 Oct 2008
Young victims of Sierra Leone civil war receive support from the Red Cross in the form of school fees and textbooks. Salamatu Kemokai of IRN reports
Liberia: I did not kill Quiwonkpa, witness tells TRC
16 Oct 2008
Thirteen years after the abortive 1985 coup, more details have emerged on the killing of coup leader General Quiwonkpa. A story by Olive Thomass
Liberia: Emergency Response Police Complete Training
06 Oct 2008
Officers of the Emergency Response Unit of the Liberia National Police are now set to combat crimes throughout the country. A story by Melissa Annan
Liberia: President Sirleaf Fuels Debate On Police
04 Oct 2008
President Sirleaf’s comments on the Liberian National Police fuel a debate on whether the public can trust the police. A story by Peter A. Fahn
Liberia/ Sierra Leone: Refugees Complain of Misery, Sexual Violence in Liberia Camps
04 Oct 2008
Macdonald Metzger of UNMIL Radio and Olive Thomas of Star Radio report on Sierra Leonean refugees' living conditions at the VOA camp near Monrovia
Sierra Leone: Corruption Allegations Undermine Trust in Police
30 Sep 2008
Mariama Gandi and Ibrahim Mansaray report on alleged corruption by members of Sierra Leone traffic police