New ICC Prosecutor urged to rise to challenge facing court February 18, 2020 THE new Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, has been urged by human rights bodies to rise to the challenge facing the court when he takes over in June from Fatou Bensouda from The Gambia who is stepping down […]
Former Ugandan child soldier convicted of war crimes February 8, 2021 A Ugandan who was abducted by the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) when he was 10 has been found guilty by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of 61 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Northern Uganda between July 2002 and […]
UK to host first post-Brexit Africa Investment Conference in January January 18, 2021 THE British government will host a virtual Africa Investment Conference on January 20, as the UK starts to independently develop global trade arrangements after exiting the European Union on December 31. In January last year, during the landmark UK-Africa Investment Summit hosted […]
Dr. Peter Kofi Da Costa who passed away on 18 August 2019 was Vice-Chair of ALC’s Board of Trustees as well as mentor at the Centre. Dr. Da Costa was instrumental in shaping the strategic direction of ALC’s knowledge transfer agenda and projection of ALC voice to a broader constituency of actors. He steered the […]
In this Discussion Programme our Editor Desmond Davies engages with our MSc Security, Leadership and Development Fellows, Ivy NYAWIRA (Kenya),Essa NJIE (The Gambia) and Ibrahim MACHINA (Nigeria) on their Fellowship journey and how Covid-19 has affected their Studies.
African gas producers poised to take advantage of increased production in 2021 November 27, 2020 ALTHOUGH the global energy sector has been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic this year – with oil hardest hit because of its dependence on the struggling transport industry – gas has been less exposed to the shocks of 2020, […]
For this second part of the Discussion Programme our Editor Desmond Davies engages with our Women and Early-Career Fellows, Chimwemwe Fabiano (MALAWI) Tabitha Mwangi (KNYA). Ikran Abdullahi (KENYA) and Margaret LoWilla Nyoka (SOUTH SUDANESE)on their Fellowship journey and how Covid-19 has affected their Studies.
For this Talking Africa programme Desmond Davies speaks to Professor Cheryl Hendricks, Executive Director of the Africa Institute of South Africa, Human Sciences Research Council. The interview discusses South Africa’s relations with the Continent.
$5bn fund to tackle global education crisis worsened by Covid-19 October 14, 2020 THE Global Partnership for Education (GPE) has announced a $5 billion funding target for the next five years to tackle the “global education crisis” that has been made worse by the Covid-19 pandemic. At the peak of school closures earlier in the […]
Thomas Jaye: an illustrious Pan-Africanist and security specialist September 2, 2020 One of the leading lights in Liberia’s security sector reform programme, Dr Thomas Jaye, died recently, aged 63. Adedeji Ebo pays tribute to a man who provided a mine of information about security issues in Africa DEATH is like a cap that we all […]