1 July 2021 Ernest Toochi Aniche, Chris Changwe Nshimbi & Inocent Moyo Sahel landscape In many parts of the African continent borders are porous. People cross them to visit their kin and for economic reasons such as herding, farming, fishing, hunting and trading. They are also spaces in which human smuggling, […]
1 July 2021 By Felipe de la Hoz Brendan O’Connor’s Blood Red Lines examines how disparate right-wing groups organized around a shared world view he calls “border fascism.” A section of the US-Mexico border wall, between San Diego and Tijuana, 2021. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images) John Tanton […]
July 01, 2021 By Mohamed Abu Zaid Egypt has no objections to any dam in Ethiopia and supports its development, but wants a fair deal on filling and operating it, the Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel-Ati said on Thursday. Ethiopia is pinning its hopes of economic development and […]
1 July 2021 Esther Nakkazi Members of an advisory council to the Ethiopian government have called on university leaders and academia from all over the world to reject “outdated and unfair colonial treaties” as grounds for settling the dispute over the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The call was made […]
May 2021 The border security market was valued at US$ 144,271.21 million in 2020 and is projected to reach US$ 69,750.88 million by 2028; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.85% during 2020-2028. The advantage of using such vehicles during wars is to avoid humiliation in case the […]
28 June 2021 Minister for National Security, Albert Kan Dapaah Minister for National Security, Albert Kan Dapaah, has charged the Ghana Boundary Commission, to initiate the establishment of a Joint Ghana-Togo Land Technical Committee to resolve all existing land boundary issues between the two West African States. The Ghana Boundary Commission […]
28 June 2021 By Rédaction Africanews Tunisia’s defence ministry said Sunday that its navy had rescued 178 migrants who were trying to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to reach Europe. Two bodies were recovered and 178 migrants rescued during three operations off Tunisia’s south coast, a ministry statement said. The migrants, […]
28 June 2021 Harrison Jones Priti Patel is expected to bring in new laws allowing asylum seekers to be sent abroad for processing next week – with faraway Rwanda reportedly under consideration as a possible location. Britain has never had an offshore immigration processing centre before and it remains unclear where any […]
27 June 2021 After months of playing the ostrich, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation has finally acknowledged the danger of persistent smuggling of petroleum products across the country’s borders and the role bad eggs in the security agencies play in and resistance of border communities to government’s efforts to shutting down the […]
27 June 2021 By Bola A. Akinterinwa There is an emerging debate on the principle of uti possidetis on the social media platform of the Nigerian Society of International Law, which is quite interesting in light of Nigeria’s current insecurity imbroglio. Uti possidetis is a major catalytic agent of Nigeria’s insecurity […]