Rwanda: Hundreds of Judges Appointed

As part of a major restructuring of the national courts system, the government of Rwanda appointed 223 judges on Tuesday to courts at the district and provincial level, as well as to the newly created high court. The move follows the recent election of 18,540 officials to serve in mediation committees, known locally as Abunzi, which will handle disputes between members of the public before such cases are placed before national courts of law.