Focus
SA stands up against 'bullying' amid US clampdown
SA/US relations remain tense as President Donald Trump stands resolute in his mission to punish SA for what he refers to as its racist policies and its actions in the International Court of Justice against Israel, and SA President Cyril ...
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Regional News
Secret service detains doctors who quit
Five doctors in Burundi have been imprisoned by the Intelligence Service after quitting their jobs over the failure of salary negotiations, union and government sources told AFP. New Vision reports that the doctors were arrested by the Intelligence Service between ...
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President seeks global backing for war crimes court
Recently-elected Liberian President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, who has endorsed a majority legislative vote to set up the long-awaited war crimes tribunal, is seeking global support for the court. The international community, including France, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden and the US, whose ...
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Former top Presidential official jailed for bribery
Romy Voos Andrianarisoa, the Madagascan President's former chief of staff at the time has been jailed by a London court for attempts to solicit bribes out of Gemfields executives in return for exclusive sapphire mining rights in Madagascar. Within ...
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Tributes for founding father Sam Nujumoa
ConCourt rejects Zuma bid to prosecute Ramaphosa
Advocates bodies to defend Legal Sector Code
Initiation rite could be legally challenged – Minister
Central bank bans foreign currency domestic transactions
Wife asks court to compel release of Besigye
Lawyers challenge army chief over X posts
Senior officials arrested over central bank theft
Law society cautions against pre-election reforms
Questions over Harare mayor's fraud acquittal
Africa International
Nigeria human rights lawyer sues Meta over 'false' post
Human rights lawyer and senior advocate Femi Falana has filed a $5m lawsuit in the Lagos High Court against the US-based Meta Platforms Inc over an alleged invasion of his privacy, reports Sahara Reporters. In the motion brought in terms of ...
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Ugandan rugby player jailed for rape in Wales
A Ugandan rugby player who claimed asylum in Wales has been jailed for four and a half years after raping a woman in Cardiff. BBC News reports that Cardiff Crown Court heard how Philip Pariyo became close friends with the ...
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General
African leaders fall short in DRC talks agrement
The much-anticipated joint summit between the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and East African Community (EAC), which ended on Saturday, failed to agree on concrete measures to address the warfare in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Daily ...
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Lawyers challenge Uganda army chief over X posts
Lawyers from three East African states are seeking two related petitions over Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) controversial posts on social media, which the complainants say ‘violate regional and international laws.’ The Monitor reports that the lawyers include ...
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Archbishop to tighten abuse protocols
All Anglican churches could be required to make submissions about any concerns of abuse or conduct to their bishops after a panel of inquiry found the Anglican Church of Southern Africa had not done enough to protect parishioners from an ...
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Legislation
Top court orders state to address albinism abuse
The African Court on Human & Peoples' Rights has directed Tanzania to revise its witchcraft laws to clearly distinguish between traditional healers and witchdoctors. The ruling came as part of a judgment on a case concerning attacks on people with albinism ...
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Africa Analysis
Trump’s funding cuts threaten African stability
US President Donald Trump’s declaration that he would be ‘cutting off all future funding to SA’ until an investigation into the Expropriation Act was complete follows his freeze on Pepfar (President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) aid, which accounts for ...
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A Matter of Justice
Will Tanzania abide by landmark albinism ruling?
Tanzania, a country repeatedly litigated against in the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, has once again been found wanting in its protection of basic human rights. This time the court says that Tanzania’s approach to protecting the country’s ...
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BOOK REVIEW
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AFRICAN REFLECTIONS: MULTI-, INTER- AND TRANSDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AFRICAN REFLECTIONS: MULTI-, INTER- AND TRANSDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES
R Songca ,T Thoahlane and S Enongene | Product Code: IJAR001
The International Journal of African Reflections (IJAR), housed at Walter Sisulu University, publishes peer-reviewed, multi-, inter-, and transdisciplinary articles, supporting ...
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QUOTES
Quotes
‘We must resist the temptation to think that we can somehow shoot or bombard our way into a solution in the face of such a complex situation.’
Kenyan President William Ruto, the current East African Community chairperson, after ...
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WORDS OF WISDOM
Words of wisdom
'What I’ve learned from myself is that I don’t have to be anybody else. Myself is good enough.'
Kenyan-Mexican ctress Lupita Nyong’o
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Q&A
Quotes
‘We must resist the temptation to think that we can somehow shoot or bombard our way into a solution in the face of such a complex situation.’
Kenyan President William Ruto, the current East African Community chairperson after ...
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DID YOU KNOW?
Did you know?
Africans mummified their dead 9 000 years ago. A mummified infant was found under the Uan Muhuggiag rock shelter in south western Libya. The infant was buried in the foetal position and was mummified using a very sophisticated technique ...
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