Protecting victims of conflict: how African value systems could strengthen humanitarian law

By Darlington Tshuma, Post-doc Researcher, Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs, University of South Africa

International humanitarian law seeks to limit the excesses of warfare and regulate the conduct of armed hostilities. But it is often ignored. Using ethnographic…

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~	View from The Hill: Albanese government crumples on misinformation bill and gambling advertising

~	Russian mercenaries have a bad reputation but some African regimes still employ them: study explores why

~	In Cameroon, ‘Solomon Grundy’ turns to TikTok to challenge stereotypes about albinism

~	From a US$300 billion climate finance deal to global carbon trading, here’s what was – and wasn’t – achieved at the COP29 climate talks

~	Women's rights are backsliding left and right in Latin America

~	Preserving the Ch'ol language through theatre and digital media

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