October 21, 2022 THE former Executive Secretary of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) in The Gambia, Dr Baba Galleh Jallow, has been invited to serve as the inaugural Roger D. Fisher Fellow in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at Harvard University Law School. Jallow, a former journalist, human rights advocate and an academic who […]
August 29, 2022 PERENNIAL dependency on the export of commodities no longer augurs well for the economies of many African countries in the wake of soaring global food and energy prices as well as the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic, climate change and the war in Ukraine. The warning comes in the Economic Development […]
August 24, 2022 THE planned return of 72 Benin Bronzes by a British museum to Nigeria should not go ahead because the move will benefit descendants of Africans who sold slaves during the Transatlantic slave trade, an African American group fighting for “slavery justice” has said. Earlier this month, the Charity Commission in the UK […]
August 8, 2022 NIGERIAN authorities have welcomed the decision by a museum in the UK to return ownership to Nigeria of 72 Benin Bronzes, which were looted by British forces in 1897. The Horniman Museum and Gardens in South London said that its Board of Trustees took the decision to send back the artefacts, which […]
July 28, 2022 THE fighting that broke out between Libyan militias in Tripoli on July 22, killing at least 13 people, including three children, highlights the state of disarray in the country despite interventions by the UN and the International Criminal Court (ICC) to arrest the situation. The clashes – between forces backing the same […]
May 25, 2022 THE 15 members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have emphasised the need to strengthen the international criminal justice system and the fight against impunity through cooperation between the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the regional body. Meeting in Dakar this week, the participants agreed that this would only […]
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 […]
April 4, 2022 A GOVERNMENT militia leader in Sudan is to become the first person accused of alleged crimes committed in the Western Sudanese region of Darfur to face trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Ali Kushayb will appear before the Court on April 5 charged with 31 counts of war crimes […]
March 18, 2022 MAXIME Mokom, a former leader of Anti-Balaka forces in the conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR), is to make an initial appearance at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on March 22 to answer to charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes. Mokom was surrendered to the ICC […]
March 7, 2022 THE former Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, has been asked to lead a three-member team to investigate alleged human rights abuses in Ethiopia committed by all parties to the conflict that erupted in Tigray on November 3, 2020. The President of the UN Human Rights Council, Federico Villegas […]