The situation in Sudan is dire. With many lives lost and thousands of innocent citizens fleeing, more needs to be done by the international community to ensure this is stopped and people are aided.
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Nawal Abdisamad June 17, 2023 Africa, Latest Articles
The situation in Sudan is dire. With many lives lost and thousands of innocent citizens fleeing, more needs to be done by the international community to ensure this is stopped and people are aided.
Read More »Sam Biden January 30, 2023 Africa, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, Uncategorized
The combination of human trafficking and forced labour in Malawi continues to go hand in hand, often overlooked by corporate entities that remain entirely complacent. National implementations aimed to protect victims of these offences have consistently fallen short of genuine protection, bottlenecked by poor training, knowledge and the inconsistent application of key legislation designed to mitigate such damaging crimes.
Read More »Oliver Hegglin November 23, 2022 Africa, Counter-Extremism, Latest Articles, Security and Defence, Uncategorized
Throughout the summer of 2022, the military regime in Mali took a series of steps under the influence of Russia to isolate itself from its international military and political partners. This decline in access to hard power was counteracted by the introduction of the Russian private military company the Wagner Group, with its alleged heavy ties to the Kremlin.
Read More »Sam Biden September 15, 2022 Africa, Global Governance and Human Rights, International Law, Latest Articles, The Policy Unit
Since 2017, Cameroon has been plagued by a deadly conflict linked to the roots of early colonialism headed by the French and British governments
Read More »Sam Biden August 1, 2022 Africa, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, The Policy Unit
The UK has, albeit not admittingly, attempted to palm off their international obligations upon another State. This attempt is not only non-permissible under international law but also does not relieve the UK of their obligations to the Refugee Convention, of which they are a signatory party.
Read More »Sam Biden May 2, 2022 Africa, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, Security and Defence, The Policy Unit, Uncategorized
On 1 April 2022, the Malian government proudly announced their successes during a recent operation in Moura that left an estimated 300 ‘militants’ dead. Between 23 and 31 March, the Malian army and suspected Russian mercenary counterparts, Wagner Group (WG), summarily executed these estimated 300 men.
Read More »Sam Biden April 21, 2022 Africa, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, The Policy Unit, Uncategorized
The combination of Libya's penal sanctions alongside neglectful treatment of asylum seekers is nothing short of inhumane, let alone lawful.
Read More »Sam Biden April 17, 2022 Africa, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, The Policy Unit, Uncategorized
Armed groups in South Sudan have systematically targeted women with malicious sexual intent as well as continued this in the form of prolonged slavery and forced pregnancies.
Read More »Nawal Abdisamad April 17, 2022 Africa, Iraq and Syria
There needs to be more prominent transparency and honesty, evidence, and proof when it comes to the justification of the usage of drone strikes to support holding countries such as the United States accountable for their actions.
Read More »Oliver Hegglin April 7, 2022 Africa, Security and Defence, Sub-Saharan Africa, Uncategorized
Corruption, mismanagement, poverty, and war provide fertile conditions for desperate youths with little prospect and lost patience with leaders to welcome such radical change as a military coup. And the pattern is clear; as long as coups succeed, coups will continue to take place.
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