Stop handing get-out-of-jail-free cards to abusive men
DVPPs prescribed as an alternative to criminal sanctions are achieving little other than allowing abusers avoid prison.
Category Archives: Opinions
US justice system is a perfect instrument of racist rule
Our justice system is not 'flawed' and racist judges are not merely 'bad apples'.
Can Kiswahili unite Africans and fast-track decolonisation?
This is Africa and we are Africans. It is high time we started talking to each other using an African language.
Canada is a B-movie country, Poilievre a B-movie populist
And if Canadians carry him into high office, it means living in a B-movie nation suits them just fine.
International Justice Day 2022: Time for ICC to flip the script
The International Criminal Court should now use the lessons it learned in Ukraine to help deliver justice in Africa.
Trump, Nixon, and the glide path to US fascism
Would electing Hilary Clinton in 2016 have really saved America?
Ameri-coup: A brief history of US misdeeds
On John Bolton's admission that he 'helped plan coups d’état' and the US’s casual approach to upending nations.
Where do British candidates for PM stand on Russia-Ukraine?
Despite the war in Europe choking global economy, UK's prime ministerial hopefuls are saying little on foreign policy.
Terrorism has no nationality, ethnicity or religion
FETO threatens humanity as a whole.
In Kenya, elections have lost their shine
Election fever is riding high in Kenya, but there is little hope that the upcoming polls will bring about real change.
Maria Ressa: ‘Next few years will decide if democracy survives’
The election of Ferdinand Marcos Jr in the Philippines proved that disinformation can turn democracies upside down.
We, Shireen Abu Akleh’s family, want a meeting with Joe Biden
While in Palestine, Biden should meet with us to discuss what his administration can do to deliver justice for my aunt.
Women should be leading conservation efforts in Africa
Women’s voices are noticeably absent from discussions on conservation in Africa. It is time to make our voices heard.
Biden tries to be a builder, as Democrats yearn for a fighter
Democrats are feeling disappointed that they have only gotten part of the Biden they were promised.
Dobbs, glass houses and international law
By allowing states to ban abortion, Supreme Court has staked a position that runs afoul of the US’s treaty obligations.
Shinzo Abe may be gone but his legacy lives on
The success of Abe's LDP in Sunday's election signals the former PM's vision for a proactive Japan may soon be realised.
The Masochist in Chief: Biden, Israel and the Middle East
Why is the US president so eager to take abuse from a tiny client state?
US: murder of Jayland Walker was indeed ‘routine’ police practice
Two years after the police murder of George Floyd, racialised police brutality is still tragically ordinary in America.
The US probe into Abu Akleh’s death: Accessories to murder
Predictably, the US investigation on the origin of the bullet that killed the journalist turned out to be inconclusive.
It is now Africa’s turn to send ‘democracy experts’ to the West
As Africans, we should realise that it is now our turn to support the British people's aspirations for democracy.