As the plane began to land and the lights, like candles, began to lighten the skies of the city where I was born, the lyrics of the song by Egyptian singer , Nagaat Alsaghira ‘Maa Ahla Erroujaa Ilayhee’ (how beautiful it is to come back) came to mind. The city I’m referring tois Tunisia’s capital […]
Africa is often depicted as a continent of mass migration, following its high number of migrants experienced in the past few years. According to statistics, As of 2007, there were an estimated seven million African migrants living in Organisation For Economic Co-Operations and Development countries. This increase in numbers has been constituted by: Climate change […]
Elections have been the usual mechanism by which citizens of a country democratically elect officials who represents them. During elections citizens are able to exercise their rights and freedoms of choosing whomever they would like to govern them. But recent events in several African countries have seen many electoral processes lack integrity and credibility which […]
Leadership is an essential feature of all government and governance. Leadership scholars suggest that weak leadership contributes to government failures, and strong leadership is indispensable if a government is to succeed. But does that mean young people contribute to government failure because they are young and lack the so called leadership skills? In Africa, for […]
Martha Nyalam a Fellow at the ALC, traces the events that have led to the failure of peace intervention efforts in South Sudan. Audio Clip: Aljazeera English.
ALC Radio visited Mombasa County to talk to leaders and residents in the lead up to the upcoming election in August 2017 on political and socio-economic issues affecting Mombasa residents and how they are shaping the political discourse in the county. In this programme Desmond Davies talks to Khalef Khalifa – Chairperson of Muslim for Human Rights and Furaha Charo a program officer at Haki Yetu a civil society organisation in Mombasa County.
In this Talking Africa programme Desmond Davies talks to Hon. Timothy Wanyoni MP for Westland Constituency in Kenya. Hon. Wanyonyi talks on the recent General Elections in Kenya and his leadership experiences as well as challenges as a Member of Parliament in Kenya.
Despite being one of Africa’s resource-rich region in Africa, Central Africa Region continues to numerous challenges of autocratic rule, political instability, conflict, poverty and multifaceted humanitarian crisis. In this programme we talk to Prof. Abdoulaye Bathily former United Nation’s Special Representative for Central Africa Regional Office to discuss what is at underpins these challenges.
This was the book launch event for ‘A Theory of ISIS: Political Violence and the Transformation of the Global Order’ that gives an original perspective on the genesis, nature, and trajectory of the Islamic State historicizing it in relation to colonialism, modernity, and globalization. The event was held at Kings College London on 13th February 2018.
First black woman professor at King’s College delivers inaugural lecture by Desmond Davis, Ghana News Agency