by Talking Humanities | Mar 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
Image: White rhino in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa © Keith Somerville Professor Keith Somerville applauds South Africa’s war against rhino poachers, but cautions against complacency. The number of rhinos poached in South Africa in 2017...
by Talking Humanities | Nov 16, 2017 | Features, Graduate Study, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Training and Research
Chloe Pieters on how increasing attacks on journalists constitute a threat to free speech and human rights On the eve of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, observed annually on 2 November, UN experts warned that the world is...
by Talking Humanities | Jun 21, 2016 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Research & Resources
The first half of this year, writes Professor Keith Somerville, has seen what would appear to be setbacks for hopes of the progressive development in states across sub-Saharan Africa of greater democracy, enhanced freedom of speech and the media, and the real...
by Talking Humanities | Jun 7, 2016 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Republished
Nigeria justifiably has a reputation for corruption and criminal networks, explains Professor Keith Somerville, but it is by no means one of the two most corrupt countries in the world. Just before May’s anti-corruption summit in London, British prime minister David...
