January 2018
Q: Have there been any recent changes to the cartel regime? If so, have they had a significant impact on enforcement activity? A: The most significant recent change is the criminalisation of hardcore cartel conduct as of May 1 2016. Directors and managers now face fines of up to R500,000 and up to 10 year’s…
November 2017
Azza Kamel Maghur Nearly two years ago, representatives from Libya’s rival factions met in Skhirat, Morocco, and signed on 17 December 2015 a UN-brokered agreement to form a national unity government. This agreement was welcomed by the international community, but was long jeopardized by internal disputes, in particular over Article 8 of the ‘additional provisions’.…
September 2017
Ghassan Salamé, Head of the UN Support Mission for Libya (UNSMIL) is preparing an amendment to the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA), the internationally-backed roadmap for creating a unified Libyan government., My hope is that this article will help draw the U.N.s attention towards critical legal issues surrounding this process. The House of Representatives: The Libyan…
April 2016
AR3: What are bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and how wide-spread is the use of such treaties internationally and among African countries? GKIII: BITs are treaties for the protection of foreign investment. There are now around 3,500 BITs (and multilateral investment treaties) in the world, the vast majority of which were entered into in the last…
November 2016
Dr Lee Durrell Durrell met her future husband, inimitable and acclaimed author and conservationist Gerald Durrell in the 1970s while finishing her PhD in Animal Behavior at Duke University. She is a driving force behind the Trust’s work to save endangered species from extinction. Durrell speaks to us about the challenges and joys of conservation…
April 2016
The United Nation’s 2009 Africa Review Report on Waste Management paints an alarming picture of the situation in Africa. The report indicates widespread dumping of waste into waterways and standing bodies of water, and unregulated dumping into landfills. A holistic solution is required to swerve a waste catastrophe. Currently, only a minute fraction of Africa’s…
January 2018
By Azza K Maghur When CNN ran a story about “slave auctions” run by human trafficking networks in Libya, the world decried not the perpetrators, but Libyans as a whole: people who are, in the main, victims of the same agents of chaos, and who suffer continuous human rights violations at the hands of militias…
April 2016
Jihadism has been present in the Maghreb and Egypt for decades. Following the Algerian Civil War in 2002, the region seemed to be stabilizing, despite isolated incidents of violence. But since the Arab Spring in 2011 and the fall of the Gaddafi regime in Libya, manifestations of extremist Islam have spiraled out of control. A…
April 2016
In 2009, WorldWater & Solar Technologies (WWST) of Princeton, New Jersey set out to find a simple and practical solution to address the challenges of food, water and energy production in the most economical and green way possible. The result was a solar-powered system capable of operating large motors and pumps that require 600 horsepower…
April 2016
By Eric Craypo Here’s the catch: a person with Diabetic Retinopathy – the leading cause of blindness in working age adults around the world – can still see well when they are in the early stages of the disease. But if they wait until visual symptoms appear to seek help, it’s often too late;and the…
December 2017
2017 witnessed a partial shift in the Egyptian approach to the Libyan crisis. Previously it had heavily weighted its joint military support with the UAE for ‘Field Marshal’ Khalifa Hafar’s Libyan National Army, correspondingly devaluing diplomatic approaches to resolving the conflict. By the end of 2017 Egypt had brought these two approaches into closer balance.…
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Ghassan Salamé, Head of the UN Support Mission for Libya (UNSMIL) is preparing an amendment to the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA), the internationally-backed roadmap for creating a unified Libyan government., My hope is that this article will help draw the U.N.s attention towards critical legal issues surrounding this process. The House of Representatives: The Libyan…
Aviation specialist Anna Fernandes reviews the sector’s economic performance industry on the 2016 End-Year Report by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). 2016 – a good year driven by strong demand 2016’s global passenger traffic results were relatively strong, excelling the ten-year average annual growth rate of 5.5%. Demand, or revenue passenger kilometers (RPK), rose…
By Dr Susan Canney and Vance Martin Susan Canney Susan Canney is the Director of the Mali Elephant Project, a long-term initiative that finds ways for humans and nature to co-exist sustainably. She is a Conservation Adviser to WILD Foundation, a Research Associate of the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford, UK, and…
Any debate regarding the role of infrastructure development in driving economic growth is now settled. Policymakers from across the political spectrum accept that, when done properly, it will provide a short term economic stimulus and drive growth in the long term. The McKinsey Global Institute recently estimated the rate of return at around 20 cents…
Insight on some of the Continent’s most important legal disputes and challenges.
Appraises Africa’s efforts to shift exploit and build advantage in renewable energy and green jobs.
Trends impacting political stability and physical safety on the Continent.
Factors helping develop a unified African voice, from Information Technology, aviation & transport policy, telecom, and advertising & media.
A critical eye on efforts to rebuild war-torn regions.
Tracking Africa's efforts to combat Climate Change, from the perspective of climate prediction, adaptation and mitigation.
Reviews of relevant books and periodicals.
