The nomination of Mrs. Fatou Bensouda as the new Chief Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague is very good news indeed. Where her predecessor, Mr. Luis Moreno Ocampo, has been irritating especially African countries by his insistence on focusing on African corruption and violence, one can expect a more balanced approach from this Gambian born lawyer. Mrs. Bensouda has been vice Chief Prosecutor of the iCC for years and knows how the institution functions (and how it does not). She has been Attorney General and...