by Philip Ademola Olayoku The recent elections in South Africa, which resulted in the formation of the Government of National Unity, witnessed the failure of the African National Congress (ANC) to win the majority in the parliament for the first time since the end of Apartheid in 1994. Part of the reasons for this was …
by Maxwell Boamah Amofa Preamble The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established in 2002 to adjudicate egregious crimes including war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity. Despite its successes, the ICC has extensively been criticised as serving western interests particularly due to its actions and inactions that seem to disproportionately target non-western leaders, especially Africans. …
by Maxwell Boamah AMOFA 1.1. Introduction The United Nations, in adoption of its Resolution 2178 (2014) admitted that, “terrorism threat has become more diffuse, with an increase in various regions of the world’s adoption of terrorist acts including those motivated by intolerance or extremism, and expressing its determination to combat this threat.”[1] However, it is …
by Maxwell Boamah Amofa Introduction: Ghana, a country with a rich cultural heritage and diverse population, has been grappling with issues surrounding LGBTQ+ rights and acceptance. In recent years, debates and discussions have intensified, bringing to the forefront the complexities of the LGBTQ+ situation in the country. Historical /cultural Context: Ghana, like many African nations, …
by Maxwell Boamah Amofa Introduction President Vladimir Putin’s re-election is a crucial juncture in global geopolitics with serious implications for Africa. With Africa comprising 54 diverse states, each state maintains its unique relationship with the Russian Federation. While countries like Ghana often associate their alliances with the United States and Western Europe, countries such as …
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by Madhuvanti Gia Mukherjee Introduction The African Union (AU) and other regional governing organizations, such as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), have assumed the leading role in advancing the operationalization of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principle within the continent. These entities actively denounce impunity, while upholding the prerogative to intervene in …
by Paa Kwesi Wolseley Prah From the turn of the century, scholars have written much about China’s resource interest and infrastructural investment in the transport sectors of individual African states labelled “resource-rich” or geostrategically relevant. From a broader overview, China’s resource interest and in investment in railway/roads in Mali a conflict/terrorism prone Sahel state largely …
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On April 14th 2022, business magnate -Elon Musk- announced that he had offered to purchase Twitter for $43 billion (and later increased his offer to $44 billion). He already owns 9.1% percent of the company’s stock, becoming Twitter’s largest shareholder. AS is common knowledge, Twitter is a microblogging and social networking service on which users …
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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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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 …
WATJCentre is focused on creating a foundational drive for the study of transitional justice in Africa by creating and updating a teaching curriculum for relevant institutions of learning…read more…
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