Jacob Zuma

South Africa’s Light on Human Rights Dims Again at the UN

Barbara Crossette
• April 17, 2018

When the monthlong winter session of the United Nations Human Rights Council opened at the end of February, expectations were high that progress would be made on reforms demanded by the United States and supported by many other nations, although …

Categories: Africa, Human Rights, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

South African Decision to Quit the ICC Draws Critics in Africa and Beyond

Barbara Crossette
• October 24, 2016

South Africa’s announcement on Oct. 21 that it intends to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, which has jurisdiction over war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, has met strong opposition from civil society groups in that country and other …

Categories: Africa, ICC, International Justice

Understanding Burundi as It Implodes Again

Barbara Crossette
• December 19, 2015

Carolyn McAskie is a Canadian expert in international development who was awarded the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest honors, in 2007. She headed the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Central African country of Burundi from 2004 …

Categories: Africa, Governance

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Resource Wars: How Afraid Should We Be of China?

Irwin Arieff
• March 26, 2014

The United States and Japanese military held joint war games in California in February, practicing how to invade and take back an island seized by hostile forces. While they didn’t say whose forces they were worried about, the drill was …

Categories: BOOKS

For UN Member Nations, ‘Vulnerability Is a Global Phenomenon’

Dulcie Leimbach
• September 24, 2013

The annual United Nations debate of the 68th General Assembly got off to a contentious start on Sept. 24 with pointedly worded but divergent speeches by Brazil’s president, Dilma Rousseff, and Barack Obama, the president of the United States. The …

Categories: General Assembly

OPINIONS

A Cover-Up, an Attempted Coup and Then Justice in Malawi

Opinion by A. Edward Elmendorf
• April 23, 2013

WASHINGTON — Malawi, a tiny, young country landlocked in southern Africa, is sticking up for justice and truth. On the morning of April 5, 2012, its president, Bingu wa Mutharika, died of a heart attack. About two days later, his …