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Tag Archives: Africa

Can a regional court be a viable alternative to the ICC in Africa?

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6 Aug 2018 0

Michelle Nel, Stellenbosch University The International Criminal Court (ICC) came about after an overwhelming majority of states attending the Rome Conference voted in favour of its adoption 20 years ago. The aim was to combat the...

News Africa, Politcs | Read more

AU’s protocol on free movement people is good for economic development

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31 Jul 2018 0

Alan Hirsch, University of Cape Town The African integration project took several major steps this year. One of them was the African Union’s adoption of a protocol on the free movement of people. The move has...

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Nigeria’s plan to redistribute recovered corruption money needs a rethink

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19 Jul 2018 0

Tolu Olarewaju, Staffordshire University The Nigerian government has announced that USD$322 million (£244 million) stolen by Nigeria’s former military ruler, Sani Abacha, has been returned by the Swiss authorities. Abacha, an army general who was head...

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Namibia drops 25% black economic empowerment clause

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13 Apr 2018 0

Ujuh Reporter Namibia has dropped the proposal to impose a requirement that businesses operating in the country must allocate 25% ownership towards its natives who were excluded from economic participation during the colonial era. The proposal...

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Growing herdsmen militancy is adding to West Africa’s security threats

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23 Feb 2018 1

Chukwuma Al Okoli, Federal University Lafia The people of Agatu, a farming community in Benue State in central Nigeria won’t forget February 2016 in a hurry. One afternoon, late that month, their villages were attacked by...

News Africa, Nigeria, Politics | Read more

Barrister Austin Okeke: On Zuma’s departure, Kabila, Mugabe and Buhari

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11 Feb 2018 0

By: Barrister Austin Okeke The imminent resignation of South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma will come to add to a bout of good political news sweeping through the African continent, from the Democratic Republic of Congo to...

News Africa, Nigeria, Politics | Read more

Nigerian media says: ‘It’s Still War against Nigerians in South Africa’

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11 Feb 2018 1

“We are aware that youth groups in countries whose citizens are being maltreated by these little minds are threatening to carry out reprisal attacks on South Africans living in their own countries.” By: PBM The Nigerian...

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African commission turns 30, but threats to its independence remain real

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1 Nov 2017 0

Frans Viljoen, University of Pretoria The African Union’s longest serving human rights body, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, is celebrating 30 years since its inauguration. Regrettably, celebrations have been stifled by an unresolved...

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ProBonoMatters launches petition to express solidarity with Somalis

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30 Oct 2017 0

ProBonoMatters, a South African based open network of legal minds, has launched an online petition that condemns in the strongest possible terms the persistent killing of innocent people in Somalia. Titled; Let the world know where...

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Why Islamist attack demands a careful response from Mozambique

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19 Oct 2017 0

Eric Morier-Genoud, Queen’s University Belfast In the early hours of 5 October 2017 a group of 30 men attacked three police stations in Mocimboa da Praia, a small town of 30,000 inhabitants in Northern Mozambique. They...

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Deadly explosion in Somali capital Mogadishu brings shock, outrage, and resilience

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17 Oct 2017 0

Laura Hammond, SOAS, University of London More than 300 people were killed and at least 500 injured on October 14 when a truck bomb exploded in a crowded intersection in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital. The attack is...

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Why are you killing Nigerians: Cornered in Lagos

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16 Oct 2017 2

By: Vula Mthimkhulu I was cornered in Lagos for the sins committed in South Africa against Nigerians and other African immigrants. I should have seen it coming but neglected to arm myself. And so I suffered...

News Africa, Politics | Read more

Why mining companies in eastern Congo are under attack

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31 Aug 2017 0

Judith Verweijen, Ghent University The past year has been challenging for the Canadian mining corporation Banro. The company holds four gold mining concessions in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Namoya concession in Maniema...

News Africa, Business, Mining | Read more

The rising homegrown terror threat on the right

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29 May 2017 0

Arie Perliger, University of Massachusetts Lowell The murder in College Park, Maryland of Richard Collins III, an African-American student who had recently been commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army and was days away...

News Africa, International, Politics | Read more

Why the African Union must press ahead with a business and human rights policy

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9 May 2017 0

Romola Adeola, McGill University The African Union (AU) is developing a policy designed to hold companies to account by setting down guidelines on how they should conduct business on the continent. The aim of the policy...

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Nigerian lawyer aims to take South Africa to the African Court on Human and People’s Rights Violations for ‘xenophobic violence’

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26 Apr 2017 0

PBM A Nigerian human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, is agitating to take the fight against xenophobic attacks on his countryman to the African Court on Human and People’s Rights Violations. But a failure by the Nigerian...

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Omotoso ‘defender’ sparks ‘Nigeria vs South Africa’ social media rage

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22 Apr 2017 1

“this pastor, Tim Omotoso, will come out of this saga as a better man of God. There is nothing exciting about what has happened to him. What he needs right now is our support and prayers.” PBM...

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Namibian traditional leaders haul Germany before US court in genocide test case

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17 Jan 2017 0

Heike Becker, University of the Western Cape Representatives of the communities directly affected by the 1904-1908 genocide in Namibia have taken the German government to court in New York. The plaintiffs are suing Germany for damages...

News Africa, Class Action, Politics | Read more

When All Is Not What It Seemed: Understanding the voetstoots clause

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8 Feb 2016 0

Sellers should be aware that they will be held accountable, notwithstanding any voetstoots clause, should they embark on conduct designed to mislead an unsuspecting purchaser. By: Rosanne Gorven Courts have interpreted a ‘defect’ as something substantially impairing...

News Africa, Buyer, Contracts, Court, Defect, Law, Property, Seller, Voetstoot | Read more

Sim Tshabalala: Black South Africans are rightfully entitled

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13 Jan 2016 0

Address to staff on the matter of racism by Standard Bank CEO Sim Tshabalala Last year ended with great tumult in our political economy and that tumult continues to affect the markets. Standard Bank will continue...

News Africa, Bank, Black, Racism, Reconciliation, Redress, SIM, Standard, Transformation, Tshabalala, White | Read more
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