Genocide

Why the Gambia’s plea for the Rohingya matters for international justice

Africa Line Engbo Gissel & Kerstin Carlson - 16 Jan 2020

In early December, the International Court of Justice heard arguments filed by the Gambia against Myanmar for violations of the Genocide Convention. This included...

How a lack of democracy fuels violent extremism in Africa

Article William Gumede Author - 29 Jul 2019

Research on violence in Africa argues that it is mainly within the context of a weak state that has lost control over its people and institutions

Editorial: Revolutions don’t happen overnight

Article Editorial - 12 Apr 2019

Omar al-Bashir may be gone, but the revolution has only just begun.

Germany returns human remains from Namibia genocide

Africa Deutsche Welle 1 - 30 Aug 2018

Namibian activists have called on Berlin to apologise for massacring thousands and provide reparations

Rwanda can’t achieve reconciliation without fixing its democracy

Africa Noel Twagiramungu - 29 Apr 2018

As Rwanda marks the 24th anniversary of the 1994 genocide, much more needs to be done to unite the country

Hotel Canada: The white South Africans who have sought asylum

Article Gemma Ritchie & Mashadi Kekana - 15 Mar 2018

The concept of white South Africans seeking refuge from racial “brutality” and “genocide” post-1994 is nothing new.

Rohingya crisis: This is what genocide looks like

Article Staff Reporter - 18 Sep 2017

Genocide doesn't begin with mass murder. It's a long, insidious process that can be stopped before it's too late.

Activists ramp up Herero and Nama reparation demands on film

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 14 Mar 2017

Filmmaker Vincent Moloi hopes to raise the profile of reparation with ‘Skulls of My People’.

Herero make new claim for genocide reparations against Germany

Article bogdan TagDiv - 24 Jan 2017

Namibians have brought a renewed lawsuit in the United States against Germany’s extermination policy.

The world must oppose genocide and other atrocities and ensure justice

Analysis Silvia Fernandez De Gurmendi - 19 Jul 2016

The International Criminal Court is celebrating 18 years of existence, but many nations have yet to sign its Rome Statute.

South Africans withdraw from genocide conference in Israel

Article bogdan TagDiv - 25 Jun 2016

Palestine welcomes the decision by prominent academic and human rights group not to attend international meeting.

We can’t ignore the worrying signs of genocide in Africa

Analysis Staff Reporter - 28 Jan 2016

How do we make sure there’s not a return to the horror of Rwanda or Biafra?

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Tshwane water woes in court again

Sarah Smit - 21 Feb 2020

The municipality has been accused of deliberately derailing the contract to sort out toxic water crisis in Hammanskraal

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Life in lockdown: Behind closed doors keeping out the coronavirus

Sarah Smit - 21 Feb 2020

South African students in China are staying behind closed doors due to the coronavirus outbreak

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Apartheid criminals still at large

Ilham Rawoot - 21 Feb 2020

Corporations and banks that aided the apartheid regime have not been brought to book, so they continue to act with impunity

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Response to the report of the independent assessors

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

VUT welcomes the publishing of the report of the independent assessors to investigate concerns of poor governance, leadership, management, corruption and fraud at the university.

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