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This article explores some consequences of the absence of adequate local coverage and close independent scrutiny from the mainstream international media of Africa's international criminal tribunals and reconciliation commissions. Press coverage of these important judicial processes in Africa raise several concerns. The U.N. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), which is based in Arusha, Tanzania, provides a particularly interesting case study. It is well known that the pace of justice is largely ill-adapted to that of the mass media. The serious mismanagement of ICTR, excruciating slowness, and geographical isolation have only heightened this problem. In addition, there has been a constant diminution of interest in Africa among mainstream Western media. As a consequence, the ICTR has never been under close independent scrutiny from the mainstream international media. At the same time, local media have lacked the skills, the interest, or the means to organize such coverage. In such a context, a new phenomenon occurred: To fill this information gap, international nongovernmental organizations have assumed the role of independent, private media companies. Three of them, whose headquarters are located in the United States (Internews), Switzerland (Fondation Hirondelle), and France (Intermedia) have provided coverage of the ICTR since the beginning of the trials in 1997.