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The historic agreement on 12 March between the United Nations (UN) and South Sudan’s army, the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), on a revised action plan regarding their commitment to...
Love it or hate it, the use of social media to promote the immensely popular Kony 2012 video, has stimulated a global conversation that requires that we sift through some unpleasant truths. The...
One ongoing peace and security issue facing Africa, as it concludes its 18th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of States and Governments of the African Union (AU) is the fight against...
At a recent regional conference held between 14 and 16 November 2011 in Midrand, South Africa, a collaborative regional network on promoting the right of children was inaugurated with the main...
The world does not need to be reminded of the existence of children associated with armed forces and groups, for the record of the African continent in real terms is one badly blemished by a...
That Somalia is a place of anarchy and disarray is one of the few statements on which consensus exists. For years, Somalia has been categorised in terms of its ‘statelessness’, and this in turn...
On 16 February Uganda will hold its second multiparty parliamentary and presidential elections since1980. The results of the previous elections, in 2006, were disputed, but though a Supreme Court...
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's announcement on 14 September of the appointment of Michelle Bachelet, former president of Chile, as the Under Secretary-General for Gender Equality...