In a matter that is likely to redefine jurisprudence on costs orders in public interest litigation cases in Africa, the African Court on Human and Peoples Rights (AfCOURT), a continental human rights Tribunal recently granted an order of provisional measures in favour of Charles Kajoloweka,...
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Only one thing is certain about the post-pandemic world: there is no way back to the globalized economy that preceded it. Everything else is up for grabs, including the rise of China, the fate of the United States, and the survival of the European Union....
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Earlier this week, h2n opened a Youth Hub at Radio Sem Fronteiras (RSF) in Pemba, continuing the expansion of its youth engagement network in Cabo Delgado province. The six members of the Youth Hub, three girls and three boys, will learn radio and television journalism,...
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Coronavirus has exposed the deep inequalities that we may have been living with but more than that, for those of us working in the development sector it has also exposed our great privilege in relation to the communities that we work in and purport to...
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Nearly 17 million Americans filed for unemployment in just the three weeks ending April 4. And analysis by the research center INET Oxford predicts that without urgent action, 24% of U.S. jobs could be lost in coming weeks — compared with just 3.3% during the...
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In the rush to mitigate a public-health emergency like the COVID-19 pandemic, illiberal governments around the world are testing the limits of civil rights and democratic checks and balances. As history has shown time and again, there is no better moment than an emergency for...
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Le Kenya qui importait l’essentiel de son poisson de la Chine a redécouvert son potentiel halieutique local et la pêche a miraculeusement repris sa place du jour au lendemain. Il est temps pour la RDC de tirer toutes les leçons de cette crise majeure pour...
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here is no doubt that the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly altered many facets of everyday life. Even more, we may be witnessing a fundamental re-odering of the social order, as we know it. Whilst COVID-19 is essentially a public health issue, it is a crisis that has also...
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When the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared COVID-19 (coronavirus) a global pandemic on March 11, concern was immediately raised on Africa’s state of preparedness to deal with the disease. At the time of the WHO declaration, Africa had recorded less than ten (10) cases, with...
Read MoreAlthough, only 4 cases of the Corona Virus have been confirmed on the continent, (Algeria, Egypt and Nigeria), the risk of more cases developing remains very high. The heightened risk of an outbreak in Africa is very concerning given the state of most health systems...
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