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Thin Sympathy: A Strategy to Thicken Transitional Justice – Prof. Joanna Quinn

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Book: Thin Sympathy: A Strategy to Thicken Transitional Justice Author: Prof Joanna Quinn, Director and Graduate Chair, Centre for Transitional Justice and Post Conflict Reconstruction, Western University, Ontario, Canada Discussants: Dr Eric Wiebelhaus-Brahm, Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA Prof. Elisabeth King, Professor of International Education and Politics, […]

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Teaching Speaking Out in Humanitarian Contexts

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WATJCentre Distinguished Personality Lecture Series Speaker: Dr Rebecca Golden-Timsar, Learning and Development Coordinator, Speaking Out Case Studies, Medecins Sans Frontieres Moderator: Simone Rocha, Founder, Medecins Sans Frontieres Brazil Date: April 13, 2022 Time: 3pm (GMT+1 ) Platform: Zoom Registration Link: https://binghamton.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIvdeGgrTkpHdRdiNWn5jDGe2bvoezHKMYX Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EaDcuxtDYI

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Dr Rebecca Golden-Timsar

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Dr. Rebecca Golden Timsar is an advisory board member of the West African Transitional Justice Centre and the Learning and Development Coordinator of the Speaking Out Case Studies Project at Médecins sans Frontières (MSF). She obtained her PhD in anthropology from Tulane University. She was an Associate Director at the Global Energy, Development, and Sustainability

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Negotiating Patriarchy & Gender in Africa – Prof. Egodi Uchendu & Ngozi Edeagu

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Book: Negotiating Patriarchy and Gender in Africa Editors: Prof Egodi Uchendu, University of Nigeria, Nigeria; Ngozi Edeagu, University of Bayreuth, Germany Discussants: Prof Kehbuma Langmia, Howard University, USA Prof Gloria M T Emezue, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaJdTVf9slc

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PRESS RELEASE – Owo Killings

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Owo Mass Shootings and the Premium on A Nigerian Life On June 5, 2022 the Nigerian mediascape was redirected from the frenzy triggered by the prebendalist statement in respect of a self-acclaimed installation of the current administration by the national leader of the ruling party, with the sad news of a mass shooting incident by

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Rehumanising our Globe as a Sustainable Solution to the Russia-Ukraine Crisis

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Preamble The declaration of a peacekeeping mission by the Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 22, to honour the agreement between his country and the secessionist regions in Eastern Ukraine – Donetsk and Luhansk, confirmed the earlier intelligence reports from the United States (US) and its Western Allies to the UN Security Council (UNSC) about

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Quest for Empathy and More Humanised Physician-Patient Relationship in Africa

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by Chukwudi Christian EGBARA egbarachukwudi@gmail.com Department of English University of Ibadan, Nigeria What other need could be more pressing to a physician than to tend to, and save, a patient who is dying in labour? Why should a patient’s social status determine the level of medical attention paid to him or her in Nigeria and/or

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Roundtable on Interreligious Dialogue and Social Cohesion: Perspectives from Nigeria at La Nuit Des Idees

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On the 27th of January, we facilitated the organisation of the ‘La Nuit des Idees’ https://www.lanuitdesidees.com/en/demandez-le-programme/ at the Alliance Francaise, Ikoyi Lagos which was themed ‘(Re)construire ensemble’ – Rebuilding Together. The event was centred on the organisation of a roundtable with the topic ‘Interreligious Dialogue and Social Cohesion: Perspectives from Nigeria’. This aligns with our

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Political Weaponisation of Poverty in Africa

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by Ehinon Perez E. ARIKHAN Africa, for the most part, is bedevilled by the malignant viral spread of poverty. Ogundokun identifies material/structural poverty as one of the two salient killer diseases on the continent; the second being corrupt leaders.1 In contradiction to the expectations of many Africans, the rise of democratic systems has not helped

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Taliban 2.0 and the Search for Legitimacy in Global Politics

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Preamble The call by the Taliban-appointed interim Prime Minister of Afghanistan, Mullah Mohammed Hassan Akhund, on the international community to rescind their decision on the withdrwal of aids in order to assuage the sufferings of the Afghan people reiterated the need for collaborative efforts towards averting the looming humanitarian crises in his country. The end

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