Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi, SC, receives a hero’s welcome at Oliver Tambo International Airport on arrival from The Hague.
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Palestine remains the single issue on which South Africa’s support for a people’s struggle has been unquestionably consistent.
Supporters of Liberia’s new president, Joseph Boakai, at a rally in Monrovia on 17 September 2023.
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As Liberia experiences yet another transfer of power, military neutrality in domestic politics, war fatigue and desire for reconciliation have been identified as reasons for sustained peace.
President Félix Tshisekedi greets his supporters after his re-election in Kinshasa on 31 December 2023.
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Those who reject recourse to the courts in favour of street demonstrations are taking the wrong approach to the current democratic turning point.
ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa, centre, and his deputy, Paul Mashatile, right, help cut the cake at the party’s 112th anniversary celebration at Mbombela Stadium, Mpumalanga.
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The ANC leans heavily on its liberation movement brand. But this will not necessarily be a determining factor in who will sway voters later this year.
Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, on the campaign trail ahead of Uganda’s 2021 general election.
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Bobi Wine’s run at the presidency in 2021 had appeared to present an unprecedented threat to Yoweri Museveni’s longstanding rule.
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The International Court of Justice has heard arguments from each side of an extraordinary genocide case. What was said, and what happens now?
Judges take their seats prior to the hearing of Israel’s defense at the International Court of Justice on Jan. 12, 2024.
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While the International Court of Justice lacks enforcement powers, it can issue orders that could heighten international pressure on Israel to curtail some of its offensive in Gaza.
South Africa’s legal team inside The Hague. They are joined by justice minister Raymond Lamola, left, and ambassador Vusi Madonsela.
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South Africa’s legal team includes lawyers who previously acted against the government.
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International law provides pathways for landlocked countries to access the sea but this depends almost entirely on striking deals with neighbours.
South African legislators need to be vigilant against possible abuses of surveillance.
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The bill seeks greater intelligence powers but neglects oversight.
Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in an Israeli airstrike.
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There is precedent showing the ICJ may grant provisional measures within a month or two of the hearing, preventing Israel from causing further harm in Gaza.
Created in 2014, the G5 Sahel security alliance is about to be dissolved after members pulled out.
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Foreign powers’ interest in the Sahel is driven by its natural resources and strategic location for security and illegal migration control.
Youth-targeted strategies are part of the authoritarian rule book in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Uganda and Ethiopia.
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Africa’s youth are not countering the deepening of autocratisation across the continent.
M23 rebels in Kibumba in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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The new intervention force must be sizeable, and have proper air cover as well as transport and air elements. None are guaranteed.
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the Cairo Summit for Peace in October 2023.
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s messages, and tone of delivery, suggest an assertive leader representing the interests of the global south.
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Anna “Kakurukaze” Mungunda became the most widely acknowledged face of the resistance to the apartheid policy of forced removal.
West Africa is struggling to deal with increasing terrorist attacks.
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The terrorism discourse in Ghana shows how flawed views of the war on terror continue to shape thinking about security.
People lie dead in the aftermath of the unprovoked shooting of peaceful protesters.
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Despite its historic importance, Sharpeville itself has remained unknown and its residents anonymous, yet they have a story to tell.
German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier with Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu Hassan in October 2023.
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The evidence suggests that atrocities committed against civilians and communities were indeed intended to destroy an identifiable group.
A fire burns during violent protests in Kampala, Uganda, on 18 November 2020.
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State security agents violently quashed protests following the 2020 arrest of musician-turned-politician Bobi Wine.