Note: This piece was first published in Issue 64 of Africa in Fact of Good Governance Africa. Malawi remains one of the poorest countries in the world despite making significant…
Category: Human Rights
So, the Chair of African Legal Studies has just restructured a particular section of its library by stocking it with books that are predominantly on colonialism and racism. My first…
Do you ever buy fruits, vegetables, or other foodstuffs from children at your car or bus window or by the roadside on your way to work or school? Are you…
Women play a vital role in cross-border trade in Africa and are explicitly recognized under the SDG 5 (gender equality) and Agenda 2063 of African Union (AU) that targets a…
The 2021/2022 rainy season in Malawi will among other things be remembered by the devastating images of houses submerged in water, flooded rivers, and roads that have been cut off.…
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), also known as Female Circumcision (FC) is a traditionally deep-rooted practice in East Africa. However, most countries in the world and international organisations view it as…
Two mass graves were recently discovered in Malawi containing a total of 29 bodies believed to be Ethiopian migrants.[1] It’s a tragic discovery that underscores, once again, the perils of…
In Africa, the significances of climate change include, among other aspects, the transformation of weather patterns, biodiversity destruction and wider occurrence of more infectious diseases. All these events, in their…
“Every day I am working. In the morning I go to the bus station, I clean a bus, then I go to sell vegetables. I am proud of my work…
Dear Colleagues, The Chair of African Legal Studies at the University of Bayreuth in cooperation with Rhodes University would like to invite you to our debates series on intractable problems…