December 13, 2021 GLOBAL concerns continue to grow over the continued use of sexual violence in conflicts despite the establishment of international criminal courts that deal with such cases. In November, 12 governments – including those of Liberia, the UK, Canada, New Zealand, Indonesia and Hungary – issued a joint statement on preventing sexual-based violence […]
December 2, 2021 HUMAN rights groups in Central African Republic have been taken by surprise following the unexpected release from detention of Hassan Bouba, the country’s Minister of Livestock and Animal Health, who was being held on war crimes and crimes against humanity charges. Bouba was arrested on November 19 and was expected to appear […]
November 30, 2021 GAMBIANS have been urged by President Adama Barrow to be patient as his government studies the 17-volume report of findings and recommendations by the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC), which was presented to him last Thursday. After public hearings that began in January 2019, and with 22 three-week sessions over 871 […]
November 22, 2021 THE Sudanese military announced on Sunday that it would reinstate Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok who was removed by a coup in October. Following persistent public protests by the Sudanese people, army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said he would hold a meeting with Hamdok for him to return to lead a transitional government. […]
October 14, 2021 THE modernisation and expansion of three ports in Egypt, Senegal and Somaliland will improve access to vital goods for 35 million people in Africa, support five million jobs (138,000 of which have already been created) and add $51 billion to the continent’s total trade by 2035, according to the investors in the […]
October 12, 2021 THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has given the go-ahead for widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine among children in sub-Saharan Africa and in other regions with moderate to high malaria transmission. The recommendation is based on results from an ongoing pilot programme in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi that has reached […]
October 4, 2021 SPEAKING in New York at the UN General Assembly at the end of September, Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo made a strong case for respect for democracy, constitutional rule and human rights by members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). His call came in the midst of another challenge to […]
September 28, 2021 THE trial of those responsible for the killing of more than 150 people and the rape of dozens of women in a stadium in Guinea on September 28, 2009, should begin as soon as possible, six human rights groups have said. In the wake of the coup that overthrew President Alpha Conde […]
September 20, 2021 A FORMER UN Under Secretary-General and Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, and Mohamed Chande Othman, one-time Chief Justice of Tanzania, are among 17 experts appointed by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, to serve as Special Advisers. The ICC said that the […]
August 30, 2021 THE GAMBIAN President, Adama Barrow, has signed into law the Access To Information (ATI) Bill, which activists believe will not only facilitate the work of journalists but will also empower civil society to lay their hands on government-held information to enhance accountability and transparency. The country’s National Assembly passed the Bill on […]