In this programme Jennifer Salahub, an expert in security and development, talks to ALC Radio about trends on urban violence, poverty, and inequalities from research findings of the Safe and Inclusive Cities initiative. This initiative is a global research program jointly funded by Canada’s International Development Research Centre and the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development.
The South African government’s decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has been stalled when the High Court in Pretoria ruled on February 22 that the move was invalid because parliamentary approval was not sought. The North Gauteng High Court ordered the government to rescind the notice of withdrawal that […]
There was no winner in 2016 of the world’s largest annual award – the Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation announced last week. Following a meeting of the independent Prize Committee and the Foundation’s board, former Organisation of African Unity (OAU) Secretary General Dr Salim Ahmed Salim, the Committee chairman, […]
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has suggested that bad African leaders should be paid to leave power in order to save their countries from ruin. “I can think of a few leaders who we should give money to and let them leave,” he said, adding that they had been causing problems as a result of […]
The former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has revealed how he manged to curb rampant military coups in Nigeria: he retired the usual suspects from the armed forces with immediate effect when he came to power in 1999. Since then the country has not witnessed a coup or attempted coup. Before 1999, the longest period of […]
COMPANIES that are engaged in renewable energy projects in developing countries have been accused of violating human and land rights. Mary Robinson, a former UN Human Rights Commissioner, speaking at the Commonwealth’s Regenerative Development to Reverse Climate Change (RDRCC) conference in London recently, warned: “It’s important to remain cognisant that not all action that is […]
Dr. Mutuma Ruteere the Director of Centre for Human Rights and Policy Studies and United Nation’s Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, talks to ALC Radio on Security, violence and racism in Africa and around the globe.