Many have predicted that the Arusha-based tribunal is likely to be overwhelmed by the number of cases it has to handle especially now that new arrests are being made when the tribunal’s judges close shop next year. Nizeyimana’s arrest comes a few months after that of Gregoire Ndahimana, another top genocide suspect who had also been hiding in DR Congo.
 Raila promises to arrest Kenya post-poll suspects for OcampoKenya prime minster Raila Odinga promised to hand over any person suspected to have taken part in the violence that left over 1000 people dead in the December 2008 post-election violence. It is said some of the perpetrators included cabinet ministers in the coalition government. The United States of America has already said it will impose travel bans against any Kenyan officials who refuse to support reforms which include setting up mechanisms to try the violence perpetrators.
In Kisumu, Odinga said that all those who will be arrested will be forwarded to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
If this is done, it is likely send a warning message to African leaders that the time of impunity is over. Already former Liberian President Charles Taylor is on trial for crimes against humanity in the same court.
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