December 03, 2023
South Africa: Nine Out of 10 South African Criminals Reoffend. This Is Why
A very large percentage of South Africans who are released from prison end up being rearrested and being convicted for crimes again. The country has one of the highest recidivism… Read more »
November 28, 2023
South Africa: Sharpeville - New Research On 1960 South African Massacre Shows the Number of Dead and Injured Was Massively Undercounted
On 21 March 1960 at 1.40 in the afternoon, apartheid South Africa's police opened fire on a peaceful crowd of about 4,000 residents of Sharpeville, who were protesting against… Read more »
November 24, 2023
Rwanda: UK's Failed Asylum Deportation Plan Puts Rwanda's Human Rights and Refugee Struggles in the Spotlight
The UK Supreme Court ruled on 15 November 2023 that sending asylum seekers to Rwanda was unlawful. The plan would have seen tens of thousands of asylum seekers sent from the UK to… Read more »
November 23, 2023
South Africa: Immigration Proposals Are Based On False Claims and Poor Logic - Experts
The South African government recently issued a long-awaited policy statement - called a White Paper - outlining proposed changes to the country's asylum and immigration system.… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Can Defeat Banditry By Reconstructing the Police System - Criminologist
Security in Nigeria has degenerated in the last 10 years. Various non-state armed groups have emerged countrywide. Read more »
Kenya: If Kenya Wants to Help Haiti, It Should Push for Colonial Reparations Not Send in the Police
As the security situation in Haiti deteriorates, Kenya has offered to lead a new sort of UN mission to the country from 2024. In early October, the UN Security Council authorised a… Read more »
November 22, 2023
South Africa: South African Politicians Vs Judges - New Book Defends the Constitution
In 1994, South Africa became a democracy founded on a supreme constitution. The constitution's preamble affirms the nation's quest to Read more »
November 17, 2023
South Africa: How South Africa's Police Can Turn Around Their War On Crime
South Africa's crime statistics for the third quarter of 2023 show that people continue to face a serious problem of violent crime, especially murder and attempted murder. The… Read more »
November 15, 2023
Rwanda: Supreme Court Rules Rwanda Plan Unlawful - a Legal Expert Explains the Judgment, and What Happens Next
The UK supreme court has unanimously ruled that the government's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful. Read more »
November 12, 2023
Nigeria: 'One-Chance' in Lagos - How Criminal Gangs Rob City Commuters
"One-chance" is the name Nigerians use for a form of robbery that takes place in both public and private vehicles when people accept the offer of a ride. It is an organised crime,… Read more »
November 09, 2023
Ghana: Ghanaians Don't Trust the Police. A Criminologist On What Needs to Be Done About It
The relationship between Ghanaian citizens and officers of its police service is a tenuous one. Recent reports by the research network Afrobarometer show a decline in trust between… Read more »
November 07, 2023
Uganda: World Bank Suspension of Uganda Funds Over Anti-Homosexuality Law
The World Bank issued a statement on 8 August 2023, announcing that it had effectively suspended all new public financing to Uganda over concerns with the country's… Read more »
October 31, 2023
Kenya: Kenya's Courts Were Under Political Pressure - How a Constitutional Reform Empowered Judges
Changes to Kenya's constitution in 2010 on the independence of the judiciary created room for judges to act as guardians of the electoral process. Read more »
October 17, 2023
Nigeria: Sexual Harassment Victims in Nigerian Universities Blamed, Study Finds
Sexual harassment encompasses a wide range of inappropriate behaviour, from ogling, touching and commenting about body parts, to sexual proposition, coercion, assault and rape. In… Read more »
October 12, 2023
Mauritius: Mauritius Is the Latest Nation to Decriminalise Same-Sex Relations in a Divided Continent
The Mauritius Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a law that criminalises consensual same-sex acts between adult men. The decision boosts the trend in the Southern African… Read more »
October 11, 2023
Africa: New Treaty to Protect the World's Oceans May Hurt Vulnerable African Fisheries
Following two decades of fierce negotiations, over 60 countries recently signed a UN Ocean Treaty to conserve biodiversity on the high seas. Read more »
October 09, 2023
Ghana: Witchcraft in Ghana - Help Should Come Before Accusations Begin
Witchcraft is generally understood to refer to a supernatural power possessed by an individual. In Ghana, particularly in the northern parts of the country, the subject continues… Read more »
October 08, 2023
South Africa: Surveillance Law Changes but South Africans' Privacy Is Still At Risk
In a ringing judgment for the right to privacy, the South African Constitutional Court declared sections of the country's main communication surveillance law unconstitutional in… Read more »
October 04, 2023
South Africa: Lion Protection Fee Paid By Tourists Could Help Stop Trophy Hunting - South African Study
Trophy hunting is contentious. It typically involves paying for and pursuing a specific wild animal, often a large or iconic species, with the goal of killing it to obtain a… Read more »
September 27, 2023
Somalia: Somali Piracy, Once an Unsolvable Security Threat, Has Almost Completely Stopped. Here's Why
In 2011, pirates carried out 212 attacks in a vast area spanning Somali waters, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, actions that the World Bank said cost the world… Read more »
September 26, 2023
South Africa: Family Homes Clash With Laws in South African Townships
During apartheid, black South Africans could not own land - and therefore their homes - in what were classified as "white" cities. In racially segregated townships, living in… Read more »
September 24, 2023
Africa: Global Approach to Serious Crimes Is Shifting to Domestic Trials - Here's What I Found in Three African Countries
Domestic trials of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes are considered quicker, cheaper and more responsive to victims' needs than the International Criminal Court's… Read more »
September 20, 2023
Ghana: Suicide in Ghana - Society Expects Men to Be Providers - New Study Explores This Pressure
Suicide is a complex behaviour that is widely regarded as a significant public health issue across the globe. It is influenced by psychiatric, psychological, biological, social,… Read more »
September 18, 2023
South Africa: Corruption in South Africa - Would Paying Whistleblowers Help?
Whistleblowing is an important tool in fighting corruption. In South Africa, the commission of inquiry into state capture recommended that the government should provide financial… Read more »
September 14, 2023
South Africa: South Africa's Court System Has Been Abused By Powerful People - Five Ways to Stop It
After a battle of about four years to secure the removal of South Africa's public protector, Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane, the country's parliament finally delivered the coup de… Read more »