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Kenya’s Marsh Pride: What future for lions, people and development?

by laura | Dec 18, 2015 | Africa

By Keith Somerville, ICWS Senior Research Fellow In early December 2015, it was reported that eight lions from the Marsh Pride in Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Game Reserve had been poisoned by Maasai herders illegally grazing their cattle there. The Mara reserve is a...

The Commonwealth’s twin problems with media freedom and a blueprint for action

https://commonwealth-opinion.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2020/the-commonwealths-twin-problems-with-media-freedom-and-a-blueprint-for-action/
Is Chinese technology transforming the Commonwealth?

Is Chinese technology transforming the Commonwealth?

by anna | Aug 15, 2019 | Africa, Asia, India, Media Freedom, The Commonwealth

By Dr Kiran Hassan,  Associate Fellow – Institute of Commonwealth Studies,
Is China’s growing presence in the media in Commonwealth countries compatible with the Commonwealth’s core values of good governance, freedom of expression and transparency?

Archive documents reveal the US and UK’s role in the dying days of apartheid

Archive documents reveal the US and UK’s role in the dying days of apartheid

by anna | Jul 29, 2019 | Africa, Elections, South Africa

  By Sue Onslow and Martin Plaut This piece was originally published in The Conversation on 18 July 2019   It is a quarter of a century since the end of apartheid in South Africa. But it’s easy to forget how complex, difficult and violent the birth of full...
South Africa’s Election leaves the country stirred, not shaken

South Africa’s Election leaves the country stirred, not shaken

by georgie | May 17, 2019 | Africa, Elections, Human Rights, South Africa

Martin Plaut Senior Research Fellow – ICWS It was a remarkable achievement. South Africa’s sixth election since the end of apartheid saw nearly 17.7 million people vote at 22,924 voting stations.They had a choice of 48 parties who were attempting to get into the...
It’s a century since an international civil service came into being. Why it matters

It’s a century since an international civil service came into being. Why it matters

by anna | May 13, 2019 | Africa, Imperial and Postcolonial History, independence

By  Henning Melber   This year marks a century since a formal international civil service was introduced into the world. The first time this particular breed of professionals came into existence was at the signing of the Versailles Peace Conference during 1919...
A Way Forward for Eritrea

A Way Forward for Eritrea

by anna | Apr 29, 2019 | Africa, Human Rights, Imperial and Postcolonial History

By Martin Plaut, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies On 24 and 25 April 2019  a conference at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICWS) brought scholars and activists from around the world to discuss the future of Eritrea. Around 70 people...
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