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Empty graves after exhumation of bodies in the mass grave created during the Russian’s occupation in Izyum, Kharkiv region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)
AFRICAN UNION MISSION IN SOMALIA

Human rights dealt a blow by 2022

New and ongoing conflicts and rise of authoritarianism undermine vision for universal human rights

  • Deprose Muchena
11 min read
PENTAGON

US military HQ in Africa put on the back burner

Controversy surrounding the United States military’s new Africa Command has forced the Pentagon to put plans for establishing a headquarters in the continent on a slow track.

  • Jim Mannion
3 min read
CAPE TOWN

Lekota: Africom should stay off the continent

The United States Africa Command (Africom) should stay out of the African continent, Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota said on Wednesday. Africom was not really a new development,…

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read