A Court Left Behind: How Parallel DRMs are Undermining Regional Integration in the EAC

The EACJ in the Shadows of Integration The process of regional integration presents a range of challenges and contentious issues. Those include, matters related to elimination of customs duties and…

The Success Stories of ECOWAS Citizenship: A Lesson for SADC to Learn

Introduction The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has greatly advanced the integration of the member states’ citizens compared to the Southern African Development Community (SADC). This is because…

What is Missing in the SADC Region with the Absence of the Human Rights Mandate in the SADC Tribunal?

Introduction The Southern African Development Cooperation (SADC) Tribunal is established under Article 9 of the Consolidated Text of the Treaty of the SADC (SADC Treaty). The Tribunal was launched in…

Breaking Barriers: The Legal Struggles and Opportunities of Labor Migration Across Africa

Introduction Migration in Africa is more than a journey; it’s a dynamic intersection of hope, challenges, and opportunities. It acts as a place of origin, a transit point, and a…

Red Sea Dreams: Ethiopia’s Challenges and Hopes Amid International Law and Geopolitics

Introduction Ethiopia is the second-most populous landlocked country in Africa, following Nigeria.[1] Historically, Ethiopia had access to the Red Sea for an extended period, iuntil Eritrea gained independence in 1993,…

Opinion: No EAC integration without sustainable solutions for Eastern DRC

The ongoing crisis in Eastern Congo, marked by the resurgence of the M23 rebel group, backed by Rwanda (according to UN Peacekeeping Forces) and the involvement of multiple military actors,…

Retracing Collectivity – and attempting to look beyond the horizon of European jurisprudence

Recently, I have commenced my research on climate change litigation in the area of European human rights. One of the first relevant topics of my investigation is the question of…

The East African Community: Past Experiences and Lessons for the Future

Introduction The East Africa Community (EAC) is one of the oldest regional economic blocs in the world.[1] Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, as members of EAC, had a customs union as…

AfCFTA Protocol on Women and Youth in Trade: A Review

Introduction The Protocol on Women and Youth in trade (PWYT) is path-breaking given that it improves upon most of the existing regional trade agreements (RTAs) which do not incorporate specific…

Digital Trade and MSMEs under the AfCFTA: Challenges and Prospects

Introduction The conclusion and approval of the Protocol to the Agreement Establishing the AfCFTA on Digital Trade (the Protocol on Digital Trade (PDT) or e-commerce) climaxes the Phase III of…