We shouted “down, down, down”, when at midnight of 21 March 1990 the South African flag was finally lowered. It was a jubilant, euphoric mood. Nelson Mandela was with us. Released only a few weeks before, Madiba received thunderous applause…

A new book shares a manifestation of faithful perseverance, but it also is a story of stigmatisation and discreditation when speaking truth to power within the anti-colonial resistance movement. Idolised and glorified, this struggle led by Swapo displayed rather colonial…

The German Keiserreich was at the beginning of the 20th century the fourth-biggest colonial power. Since 1884, it has declared South West Africa, Togo, Cameroon, East Africa and some South Sea Islands (including Samoa) as its property, to which it…

Global governance is under threat.  Multilateralism is being challenged and undermined by multipolarity as executed by the most powerful states. Their expansionist agendas violate international law and the legal principles of the United Nations Charter as the framework for global…