Category: Africa

July 25, 2019//-Up to 150 people may have drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of Libya, the UN refugee agency says.

Senegalese women cast their ballots in the presidential elections in February. EPA-EFE/Nic Bothma Nic Cheeseman, University of Birmingham July 24, 2019//-When I first said that I was going to write a book about the history of democracy in Africa, quite a few people responded with a joke. That will be one of the world’s shortest […]

Oslo, Norway, July 23, 2019/ — Ten years since the beginning of a violent insurgency in northeast Nigeria, the living conditions for displaced people are continuing to deteriorate at an alarming rate due to inadequate and overcrowded facilities.

July 20, 2019//-Children’s rights groups have appealed to European countries to protect the rights of children who have made the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean Sea.

July 19, 2019//-More than 400 Malawians and Mozambicans have voluntarily returned home from South Africa where they were mostly living illegally.

Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo attends a confirmation of charges hearing at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. EPA/Michael Kooren Marco Bocchese, University of Illinois at Chicago July 17, 2019//-African leaders often behave in a contradictory way towards international laws, and courts. While speaking out against them, they also voluntarily submit to their […]

South African probe into corruption awaits a star witness — Jacob Zuma Former South African President Jacob Zuma. GCIS Mark Swilling, Stellenbosch University July 15, 2019//-It’s been almost a year since the Commission of Inquiry into allegations of state capture in South Africa began to hear testimony.

July 12, 2019//-Remember those 10 crises and trends to watch in 2019 we presented back in January? The issues are rapidly evolving, but we’ve been keeping watch. 

 Nairobi, Kenya, July 10, 2019//-Sudanese leaders should facilitate the establishment and cooperate with the work of an effective international investigation into the killings of and abuses against protesters since December 2018, Human Rights Watch said today.

Abuja, Nigeria, July 9, 2019// – Nigerian police have arrested three suspected Boko Haram commanders at some hotels north of the country.