July 18, 2023 AS the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague celebrates 25 years of existence there have been calls for more justice to tackle atrocities that continue in the 21st century. The President of the ICC’s Assembly of States Parties, Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, said: “Today the world needs more justice than ever. […]
Nigerian philanthropist donates £10m to King’s College London to empower African students March 27, 2023 A NIGERIAN philanthropist has donated £10 million to King’s College London to establish a centre that will provide young Africans with better access to education and opportunities. The Aare Afe Babalola African Centre for Transnational Education will offer blended and […]
January 30, 2023 THE African Union has made two new appointments aimed at strengthening its resolve to silence the guns on the continent, and to enhance Africa’s food systems. Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, a seasoned Ghanaian diplomat, has been made High Representative for Silencing the Guns, while the former Prime Minister of Niger, Dr […]
October 25, 2022 SOUTH Sudan’s conflict has become so increasingly complex that it is causing a level of intolerable suffering for millions of civilians, said UN experts who visited Ethiopia last week for talks with the African Union on the peace process. Members of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan urged African […]
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 […]