ECOWAS plans for economic fallout from COVID-19 April 26, 2020 LEADERS of the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have come up with plans for economic recovery after the global COVID-19 pandemic has subsided. During their video conference last week, they agreed to issue long-term treasury bills and bonds “to finance critical […]
Climate change conference postponed due to COVID-19 April 13, 2020 THE 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) set to take place in Glasgow in November has been postponed due to COVID-19. This decision has been taken by representatives of the COP Bureau of the UN, with […]
First black woman professor at King’s College delivers inaugural lecture by Desmond Davis, Ghana News Agency
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New study analyses knowledge production on peace and security in Africa Nairobi, Kenya: The Nairobi and Kings College London based African Leadership Centre (ALC), has released a seminal report mapping how knowledge on peace and security in Africa is researched and produced. The report provides a rich array of visual and […]
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.