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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...
ICWS@70 – A Real Birthday!

ICWS@70 – A Real Birthday!

by anna | Apr 15, 2019 | Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific, Elections, Human Rights, Imperial and Postcolonial History, Is the Commonwealth relevant? series, Media Freedom, The Commonwealth

By Dr Sue Onslow –  Deputy Director of The Institute of Commonwealth Studies This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and – unlike the more dubious claims and convenient myths of the modern Commonwealth...
“Hands Off Africa” Marking the 60th anniversary of the All African People’s Conference in Accra in 1958

“Hands Off Africa” Marking the 60th anniversary of the All African People’s Conference in Accra in 1958

by anna | Feb 8, 2019 | Africa, Imperial and Postcolonial History

December 2018 marked the 60th anniversary of the All African People’s Conference (AAPC), which was held in Accra, Ghana, between 5 and 13 December 1958. Under the slogan ‘Hands off Africa!!’, the AAPC was a watershed moment in the history of Africa’s liberation from...
How foreign backing is keeping Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir in power

How foreign backing is keeping Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir in power

by anna | Feb 7, 2019 | Africa, Human Rights, Media Freedom

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir at the 2015 AU Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. EPA/Kim Ludbrook Martin Plaut, School of Advanced Study Day after day Sudanese are taking to the streets to protest against the rule of Omar al-Bashir. The president, who himself...
Internet Access, Social Media and African democracy

Internet Access, Social Media and African democracy

by anna | Nov 27, 2018 | Africa, Human Rights, Media Freedom, Uncategorized

Martin Plaut, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies A combination of fragile democracies, autocratic regimes and weak civil societies has put internet access and social media in Africa at serious risk. With an estimated 27.7% of Africa’s 1.2...
WW1 In South Africa

WW1 In South Africa

by anna | Nov 25, 2018 | Africa, Imperial and Postcolonial History, World War One

Martin Plaut Senior Research Fellow – ICWS The outbreak of the First World War, coming little more than a decade after the Anglo-Boer war had ended, faced South Africans with a conundrum. Should they join Britain and her allies, despite having fought so fiercely...
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