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Tim Murithi
Tim Murithi is head of the Peacebuilding Interventions Programme at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in Cape Town and editor of the Routledge Handbook of Africa’s International Relations.
African Union High-Level Review of Governance, Peace and Security Policy Frameworks
For the remainder of the year, the African Union Commission will continue to guide the review process with a view to generating a High-Level Panel Report
The UN at 80 must not be sidetracked by global hegemons
The UN80 initiative weakens multilateralism and empowers a minority of self-interested nations, prioritising military spending over global crises
Africa and the US ‘non-proposal’ on changes to the UN Security Council
The offer makes 1.4 billion Africans ‘permanent’ second-class citizens, devoid of decision-making power on the world body
International Court of Justice survives the judicial stress test
In effect the World Court has demanded that Israel cease the military actions causing the death and injury of Palestinians in Gaza
Time to do away with ‘dysfunctional’ United Nations Security Council
The council’s inability to intervene through mediation and diplomacy has led to authoritarian regimes that defy the will of the international system
May the force be with us
Don’t be too quick to dismiss reports of visitors to Earth – perhaps they can help us
Battle for the truth about UFOs
The United States Navy has confirmed that three videos of unidentified aerial phenomena were taken by Navy pilots in 2004 and 2015
Global virus proves we are one
The disease has shown that there is more that unites us as human beings than that which divides us through artificial borders
US navy confirms UFOs recorded by pilots are real
There are no programmes designed to address the question of how humanity will interact with prospective interstellar visitors from outer space
Visitors from outer space – or military aircraft made on Earth ?
Are China or Russia ahead of the US in aerial technology or are intergalactic visitors trying to make friends with us?
‘Aliens’ could be our non-Earth relatives
A change in perspective of how we view other beings could help the human race
ICC ‘no longer useful’ if only prosecuting Africans
The legitimacy of international law is seriously undermined if it only applies to one section of humanity and not another, writes Tim Murithi.
International law: Bruised by prejudice
The ANC is taking SA out of the International Criminal Court, claiming it is no longer useful.
ICC must maintain its credibility
Africans say the focus on its leaders is proof that the International Criminal Court is just an expensive and elaborate sham, writes Tim Murithi.
Africa Day: Development, reconciliation and the African Renaissance
Carefully honed and systematically applied reconciliation policies could serve to strengthen cooperation and renewal on the continent.