The crisis of armed banditry and other violations in the North West of Nigeria should be addressed with traditional justice mechanisms within the framework of transitional justice, writes Idris Mohammed.

A former Belgian colony, the Democratic Republic of the Congo gained its independence on 30 June 1960. Following its independence, the country was first named the Republic of the Congo-Léopoldville, differentiating it from the neighbouring territory of the Republic of the Congo-Brazzaville. With the passing of the Luluabourg Constitution on 1 August 1964, the country...

Following centuries of occupation and colonisation by the Portuguese, Mozambique gained its independence in 1975. It became the People’s Republic of Mozambique after a decade of armed struggle led by the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (Frente de Libertação de Moçambique, or FRELIMO) rebel group, commanded by Eduardo Mondlane. Upon independence, FRELIMO set up...

Since achieving its independence from Britain on 9 October 1962, Uganda has had a tempestuous political history marked by civil wars, dictatorship, electoral authoritarianism, ethnic tension and military incursion. Arguably, it was the British colonial administration that provided fertile ground for political instability in Uganda through its divide and rule policy, a weak state apparatus...