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Record-breaking global migration - Unprecedented displacement spurs demand for people-focused solutions
On 14 June, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) issued his flagship annual report, Global Trends: Forced Displacement 2022. It states that by the end of 2022, the number of people displaced ...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 13:14hrs | 11 | by Lansana Gberie
Terrorism overshadows internal conflicts - As African countries scramble for solutions
Is terrorism becoming the dominant mode of conflict in Africa? This is a question many are asking following the recent surge in terror attacks across Africa. Since January about a dozen African countr...Published: 05 Jun 2016 at 07:58hrs | 2 | by Lansana Gberie
The Special Court for Sierra Leone rests - for good
The Special Court for Sierra Leone made its final major decision on 26 September 2013 when its Appeals Chamber upheld the 50-year sentence handed down to former Liberian President Charles Taylor. ...Published: 14 Jun 2014 at 09:37hrs | | by Lansana Gberie
Mandela's struggles for peace and justice in Africa
On 27 November 1995, a calm voice issued this jarring statement on the BBC: "Abacha is sitting on a volcano. And I am going to explode it underneath him." It belonged to Nelson Mandela. He was 7...Published: 19 Dec 2013 at 16:28hrs | | by Lansana Gberie
Intervention brigade: End game in the Congo? - UN peacekeeping task enters a new phase
To the outsider at least, the immediate problem with the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) - a perennial vortex of instability, massive human rights violations and wars bot...Published: 21 Aug 2013 at 16:05hrs | | by Lansana Gberie
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