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Contributor(s): Professor Oriana Bandiera | Professor Oriana Bandiera discusses how a new project is improving the lives of young girls in Uganda through skills and information.

Professor Oriana Bandierahttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/africaAtLSE/player.aspx?id=22662014-02-20T11:00:00Z

Contributor(s): Dr Chaloka Beyani | When does a soldier become a mercenary? When does a private security company become a mercenary army? Although mercenaries are prohibited by international law, many state actors continue to rely on the availability of "guns for hire" as a means of pursuing their international interests without the entrenchment that official military involvement involves. In this short film, Dr Chaloka Beyani talks about how shrinking military ranks has led to the rise of private security companies, and where these de facto "mercenary armies" fit within international law. Dr Beyani is Senior Lecturer in International Law in the Law Department, a member of the Centre for the Study of Human Rights and Chair of its Advisory Board, and a member of the Centre for Climate Change at LSE. He is also the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons. He joined the Department of Law at LSE in 1996 and lectures in international law and human rights. He was formerly a Research Fellow at Wolfson college, Oxford, with Lectureships in Law at Exeter and St. Catherine's colleges, Oxford, and a Crown Prince of Jordan Fellow, Queen Elizabeth House, as part of the Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford.

Dr Chaloka Beyanihttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/africaAtLSE/player.aspx?id=16122012-09-08T12:00:00Z

Contributor(s): Professor Alex de Waal | After achieving independence from Britain and Egypt in 1952, Sudan endured two bitter and extended civil wars which finally ended in 2005. When, in 2011, South Sudan seceded to become a sovereign territory, there was hope that peace would finally come to the region. However, as of May 2012, conflict in the region continues. Professor Alex de Waal of Tufts University explains some of the reasons why, for now, peace in the region remains elusive.

Professor Alex de Waalhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/africaAtLSE/player.aspx?id=15432012-05-31T12:00:00Z

Contributor(s): Dr Purna Sen | Dr Purna Sen is the Director of the Programme for African Leadership, supported by the Firoz and Najma Lalji foundation. The programme seeks to foster emerging leaders to promote best practices of economic and social development in their organisations and countries, so that they will be supported in their contributions to helping alleviate poverty in Africa. The first cohort will be in London in March 2012.

Dr Purna Senhttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/africaAtLSE/player.aspx?id=15422012-03-13T12:00:00Z

Contributor(s): Professor Thandika Mkandawire | In this short film, Thandika Mkandawire explains his role as Professor of African Development and the importance of the LSE African Initiative; a long-term programme designed both to reinvigorate African research at LSE and to put Africa at the centre of the social sciences and in the global public spotlight.

Professor Thandika Mkandawirehttp://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/africaAtLSE/player.aspx?id=15412011-12-01T12:00:00Z