In the Rwandan capital where the 27th summit of the African Union (AU) was held, which was to elect the president, his deputy and the eight commissioners of the AU Commission, the permanent body that ensures the day-to-day running of the institution, ended in a lack of consensus. The succession of Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the first...
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Boko Haram and the Security Crisis in Nigeria and Cameroon
RICHARD FILAKOTA, Rector of the Catholic University of Central Africa Professor at the Catholic University of Central Africa (Catholic Institute of Yaoundé). He is a specialist in religious facts (new religious movements, Islamism, religious fundamentalism, neopaganism, religious syncretism, etc.) and has published a book on Islamic renewal in Black Africa: the case of the Central...
Cohabitation of Religions in Central Africa and their Socio-Political Inking
Professor RICHARD FILAKOTA, Rector of the Catholic University of Central Africa The global context is marked by the rise of religion. This phenomenon can be observed in Africa, the United States, Asia, even in Europe, the land of secularism. With regard specifically to the African continent, particularly Central Africa, the collapse of African states in...
Helping in Africa: Some Benchmarks for Thinking and Acting at the Dawn of a New “Post-2015” Approach
Denis MAUGENEST. A Former Rector of the Catholic University of Central Africa, Former Professor of Political Science at the Catholic University of Central Africa (Catholic Institute of Yaoundé). He is the creator of academic institutions in Africa, and has published a book on Living Together Despite Everything: An Introduction to Political Society (PUCAC/ Les Éditions...
Prevention of Torture in Africa: between Conventional and Non-Conventional Standards
By Jean Baptiste HARELIMANA, President of the Orientation Council, IAM, Lawyer at the Nanterre Bar Since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, there has been a broad consensus that torture is unacceptable and that it is a crime under international law. The prohibition of torture does not seem to require flexibility, since...