Rights group condemns ‘abduction’ of women politicians in Zimbabwe May 18, 2020 LAST week’s “abduction” of three women members of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in Zimbabwe has been condemned by the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC). MDC MP Joana Mamombe and Young Assembly leaders Cecelia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova were allegedly […]
Coronavirus halts Gambian Truth Commission April 8, 2020 AFTER reaching the halfway mark of its two-year mandate, the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) in The Gambia has halted proceedings and outreach programmes because of the coronavirus. With the TRRC’s planned Ramadan break in April, the Commission says it is expecting public hearings to resume […]
Democracy in much of Africa is constrained from delivering on its development potential for three reasons. Scholars and practitioners have summed this up in the lack of governance capacity, and malpractices that undermine electoral democracy. But does this mean the future of democracy is bleak? In this Talking Africa Program, Desmond Davis engages Professor. Karuti […]
<span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span><span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> Nigeria’s President Elect Muhammadu Buhari is set to be sworn into office for a second term following his victory against his arch-rival and former vice president, Atiku Abubakar in the one closely contested Presidential […]
First black woman professor at King’s College delivers inaugural lecture by Desmond Davis, Ghana News Agency
The Gambia is no longer going to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, the new government has announced, thus rescinding the decision by the previous administration to leave.
Last October, the government of President Yahya Jammeh said The Gambia would quit the ICC, accusing it of being biased against Africa, from which all the cases before the court come.
But the new Gambian President, Adama Barrow, announced in a recent televised broadcast that he had written to the UN Secretary General in January to inform him of the intention to reverse the decision to withdraw.