If the state is considered a work in progress, it is the responsibility of its citizens to rally round it to make it function and constantly subject it, when necessary, to interrogation within the confines of legal framework, to ensure that it acquires all necessary...
A Call for Immediate Action in WaSH – Water, Sanitation and Hygiene.
Dr Emmanuel M. Akpabio (pictured centre, wearing red) and other participants of the Abjua-based workshop. Earlier this month, Daniel Gilbert chronicled DARN's own Dr Emmanuel M. Akpabio's call for immediate action on WaSH-UPP - Water, Sanitation...
Foreign Judgments Enforcement – Africa and The Hague Judgments Project
Earlier this Februari, Daniel Gilbert interviewed DARN's Dr. Pontian Okoli about the enforcement of foreign judgements in Africa. The interview starts as follows:Q1. Firstly, please accept my congratulations on the successful completion of your PhD and on your new...
DARNTALK Report: What’s holding Africa back?
On the 27thof November DARN hosted a session around the title “What’s holding Africa back?” with a particular focus on renewable energy. Discussing this question were Andrew Symms and Adelani Ayoola from DWF, a global legal business. Given the focus of the talk, many...
DARN Report: Is South Africa’s Future Expropriated?
The following is a report of the talk given by Mr. Corrigan for DARN at the University of Dundee.Swiftly building on the resounding success of the last talk in March 2018 on Cranofacial Research in Africa, and in line with the core ideals of DARN, Terence Corrigan...
DARN is looking for new board members!
The Dundee Africa Research Network (DARN) is a network of individuals around the world aimed at promoting Africa-focused research based in the University of Dundee. Formed in June 2015, our long-term aim is to become an international African research centre of repute,...
New article by DARN founding member Howard S. Chitengi
DARN is very proud to announce that Howard S. Chitengi, a founding member, has published his latest article. The title is "Regulations and housing informality in African cities: appropriating regulatory frameworks to factors that influence resilience" and it is...
Craniofacial Research: Bringing Succour to Africa
History was made when Professor Peter Mossey delivered a DARN talk on Wednesday 21st March 2018. That was the first deliberative session concerning the applied or pure sciences since the inception of DARN. “Research and Innovations in Africa: A Model for Stimulating...
Pontian N. Okoli’s co-authored article with Chinedum I. Umeche published in The International Journal of Human Rights
Pontian N. Okoli's co-authored article with Chinedum I. Umeche published in The International Journal of Human Rights . The title of the article is 'Jurisdictional conflicts and individual liberty – the encroaching burden of technicality in Nigeria'. the article can...