Newsletter

Every two weeks, A.L.A. sends out a newsletter with links and resources to build awareness of, and foster conversation around, the events, communities, and ideas shaping Africa. To subscribe to our newsletter, email us at nyulaw-african-law-association@nyu.edu. 

Here is our most recent newsletter, from the week of September 21:

In the tech news, 

• Ethiopia aims to become the artificial intelligence giant in Africa, while INTERPOL predicts that  digitization is transforming major crime areas in Africa.
• Kenyan government launches a plan to connect 1000 Kenyan schools to the internet in a bid to foster its digital literacy program. Is digital literacy the way forward for Africa?
• Ten African innovations to help tackle covid-19 in Africa.
• Egyptian authorities arrest nine women and sentenced others for posting videos of themselves singing and dancing on TikTok.

On property rights,

• Indigenous Kenyans fight for ancestral home against the government's claim.
  • Here is a paper (attached) on titling and secured property rights in Africa. Does this explain the low ranking of African countries in the Property Rights Index?
  • Earlier this year, South African women won a landmark ruling granting property rights to women.
  • Flood from River Nile destroys homes and properties in Sudan communities. 

What of governance and constitutional matters?

• Do we have a right to speech? 13-year-old Nigerian boy is sentenced to 10 years in prison for blasphemy against Allah in an argument with his friend.
• Here is a List of upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections in Africa. How does COVID-19 affect these elections?
• Ugandan constitutional court uphold rights of women to adequate health care during childbirth and rules non-availability of basic maternal health services a contravention by the government of its obligations.

In the international community,

• Namibia turns down Germany’s offer of compensation for colonial-era genocide of up to 80,000 Herero and Nama people of Namibia.
• US extraterritorial sanctions on individuals: just as two Ugandan Judges were sanctioned by the US government for their involvement in an adoption scam of Ugandan children to US citizen, the US places travel restrictions on Nigerians involved in election violence and rigging

How about sports law?

• Caster Semenya, a South African athlete, loses an appeal against the 2019 ruling of the Court of Arbitration for Sport regarding restrictions on testosterone in female athletes.

Let’s end on a promising note:

• Coffee consumption in Uganda, Africa’s second-largest coffee producer, may boost the economy.

Here is the recording of a Future Crunch conversation with Bayo Akomolafe titled “Beyond Dualities”.