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Al-Bashir: what the law says about South Africa's duties

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imageA judgment by South Africa's Constitutional Court unambiguously set out South Africa's legal obligations.Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

The South African government displayed an indefensible derogation of its international and domestic legal obligations when it failed to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir during the African Union summit in...

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This Father's Day, be grateful your dad is a human

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imageA hungry assassin bug father munches on one of his babies.James Gilbert, Author provided

Each father’s day we celebrate male parental care. But this year – perhaps while getting the old man an appreciative gift -– maybe have a think about why men want to care for their children at all. As opposed to, say, eating them alive.

Fatherho...

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The massacre at Mother Emanuel: the past still lives with us

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imageThe sun rises on Mother Emanuel Church June 20Brian Snyder/Reuters

As we stood in Charleston on Calhoun Street in front of Emanuel AME Church, my friend, Dr Chenjerai Kumanyika, and I met three men who asked us why we were there.

I’m not sure if I effectively explained myself to them, because the truth was I hadn’t really figured it out...

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