Southern Africa grouping backs DRC government amid escalating conflict February 4, 2025 MEMBER countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have given strong support to the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo as Goma, the capital of its mineral-rich North Kivu, fell to the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group. SADC leaders met at an […]
University of The Gambia establishes Centre for Transitional Justice and Sustainable Peace November 29, 2022 THE University of The Gambia (UTG) has established a Centre of Excellence for Transitional Justice and Sustainable Peace as part of its Governing Council’s approval of four Centres of Excellence: The Centre for Transitional Justice and Sustainable Peace; The Centre […]
African countries increased defence expenditure to $40bn in 2021 April 26, 2022 MILITARY expenditure by African countries increased overall by 1.2 per cent in 2021 to an estimated $39.7 billion, according to new data on global military spending published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on April 25. It said this total was […]
November 23, 2020 THE UK government has honoured 100 Zimbabwean deminers who have cleared the Falkland Islands of around 25,000 lethal mines that were laid by Argentinian forces that occupied the self-governing British Overseas Territory in 1982 for 74 days. Argentina invaded what it called Islas Malvinas to assert its territorial claims but Britain sent […]
Johnson Sirleaf leads evaluation of global COVID-19 response July 13, 2020 EX-President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is to co-chair, with the former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark, an independent panel to evaluate the world’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 73rd World Health Assembly took the decision in May to establish the […]
WHO urges caution as African countries plan to re-start air travel July 7, 2020 AS African countries prepare to resume commercial flights later this month, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged governments to take “effective measures” to reduce the risk of a surge in COVID-19 infections as air borders are re-opened. In the early […]
The state of human rights in Africa amid COVID-19 June 22, 2020 Susan Muriungi, the Nairobi-based Africa Regional Director for Protection International, speaks to the ALC Pan-African Radio ALC Pan-African Radio: Human rights questions have been raised about how governments around the world have been using emergency powers to tackle COVID-19. Are such rights in […]
Darfur fugitive finally appears in court June 17, 2020 AFTER 13 years as a fugitive, Ali Muhammad Ali Abd–Al-Rahman, commonly known as Ali Kushayb, has finally made his first appearance before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague to face charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed in Darfur in Sudan. […]
‘COVID-19 emergency powers create human rights challenges’ May 3, 2020 WHILE governments around the world moved swiftly to counter the coronavirus, the emergency powers that were handed over to the various security forces are being seen as a threat to human rights. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has published a report on the need to make […]
COVID-19 ‘immunity passport’ won’t work for now -WHO April 27, 2020 THE World Health Organisation has said that there is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from COVID-19 and have antibodies would be protected from a second infection. A WHO guidance said: “Some governments have suggested that the detection of antibodies to the […]