June 2014

The United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373: An appraisal of lawfare in the fight against terrorism

This article reflects on and appraises the recent preventive approach to terrorism which is of a varied nature and which has to do more particularly with the United Nations (UN) Security Council Resolution 1373. The resolution is relatively new, yet it shows the way forward in tackling the menace of terrorism. It clearly points out areas where efforts should be geared towards if the fight against terrorism would be won....

Author(s): G. N. Okeke

June 2014

Factors leading to squatter problem in Rift Valley Province in Kenya

The land problem in Kenya has many faces, one of which is the Squatter Problem. Kenya is primarily an agricultural economy. Approximately 75% of Kenya’s population is employed in the agriculture sector, hence the issue of land becomes core and delicate. The objective of the study was to investigate the factors leading to landlessness in Kenya and it paid special attention to the Rift Valley Province. Specifically,...

Author(s): Omboi Bernard Messah and Lucy Gachaba M.

June 2014

Terrorism, the subaltern, and the politics of recognition: Rethinking Hegel and Honneth

This essay begins by analyzing how Hegel and Honneth’s theory of recognition would seem to lend support to insurgent terrorists’ struggle for the right to self-determination. Insurgent terrorism looks like a concretization of what Honneth calls the moral protest of the oppressed against the powerful. Insurgent terrorism also resembles the politics of recognition in that it challenges the legitimacy of the...

Author(s): Sinkwan Cheng