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1.	Kenya: UK Gov’t to Compensate and Apologise to Mau Mau Victims
	Author: News From Africa	Date Written: 6 June 2013
	Primary Category: Eastern Region	Document Origin: News From Africa
	Secondary Category: Human Rights	Source URL: http://www.newsfromafrica.org
	Key Words: Kenya, Mau Mau, atrocities, liberation, compensation,
	Summary & Comment: UK Foreign Secretary William Hague announced a £14m compensation package in the British House of Commons and expressed “sincere regret” to the more than 5000 victims who have been fighting for years for reparation from the UK government. The Kenya Human Rights Commission says 90,000 Kenyans were executed, tortured or maimed, and 160,000 people were . . . [expand]
2.	Which way forward for Kenya’s Civil Society?
	Author: Kennedy Opalo	Date Written: 28 May 2013
	Primary Category: Eastern Region	Document Origin: Opalo blog via African Arguments
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://africanarguments.org/2013/05/28/
	Key Words: Kenya; Civil Society, middle class; economy.
	Summary & Comment: Detailed class analysis of the bias and role of Civil Society. Having long had a critical approach to power and government, CSO’s need to recognize a changed context: a new constitution, decentralized government, and Peace. Focus is now on the economy, and Opalo advises CSO’s to follow middle class interest in that direction, and be less about conf . . . [expand]
3.	Eritrea: Rampant Repression 20 Years after Independence
	Author: NewsfromAfrica	Date Written: 9 May 2013
	Primary Category: Eastern Region	Document Origin: NewsfromAfrica
	Secondary Category: Human Rights	Source URL: http://www.newsfromafrica.org/
	Key Words: Eritrea, political prisoners, Amnesty International; 20 years
	Summary & Comment: Amnesty International believes that at least 10,000 political prisoners have been imprisoned by the government of President Isaias Afewerki, who has ruled since the country’s independence in 1993... Not a single political prisoner has ever been charged with a crime or tried, had access to a lawyer or been brought before a judge or a judicial office . . . [expand]
4.	Tanzania: Daud Mwangosi - A line has been crossed
	Author: Author	Date Written: 4 September 2012
	Primary Category: Eastern Region	Document Origin: DARAJA blog
	Secondary Category: Media	Source URL: http://blog.daraja.org/
	Key Words: Tanzania, media, Chadema, Mwangosi, police,
	Summary & Comment: Journalists were covering the opening of a new office in Nyololo of a new political party `Chadema’. They tell us that Daud Mwangosi was in Nyololo together with several other journalists , in defiance of police orders against political activities during the census period. There was a heavy police presence in the village. Many photos were taken.Man . . . [expand]
5.	Death of an autocrat: What comes next for Ethiopia?
	Author: Kenneth Roth	Date Written: 1 September 2012
	Primary Category: Eastern Region	Document Origin: Human Rights Watch
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.hrw.org/
	Key Words: Ethiopia, governance, Meles Zenawi
	Summary & Comment: Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia, who died last week after a long illness, liked to portray his country’s leadership as collective, but there was never any doubt about who was in charge. During his rule, Ethiopia’s economy expanded significantly, and he played an important role in the wider region. But his death points up the limitations of . . . [expand]
6.	Ethiopia: Detention of editor
	Author: News From Africa	Date Written: 27 August 2012
	Primary Category: Eastern Region	Document Origin: News From Africa
	Secondary Category: Media	Source URL: http://www.newsfromafrica.org/
	Key Words: Ethiopia, freedom of expression, editor, charges,
	Summary & Comment: Temesgen Desalegn, editor of Feteh newspaper, faces a number of criminal charges based on articles he has written or published criticizing the government and calling on Ethiopia’s youth to peacefully protest against government repression. DH
7.	Ethiopia: Uncertainty looms after Premier’s death
	Author: News From Africa	Date Written: 23 August 2012
	Primary Category: Eastern Region	Document Origin: News From Africa
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.newsfromafrica.org/
	Key Words: Ethiopia, stability, democracy, human rights,
	Summary & Comment: Without Meles, ethnic and religious divisions and social unrest are genuine threats to stability. As Africa’s largest aid recipient, the West are keen to focus on Ethiopia’s stability in a volatile region of Africa. DH

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