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  • This house believes that post-colonial states should actively and significantly decentralise state control to local tribal authorities or regional leaders

    Qaynaat 2023, Women & Gender Sexual Minorities Debate · Round 3 · 2023-08-12

  • B. This house supports the Rwanda-UK Migration and Economic Development Partnership.

    Infoslide

    In 2022, the British Government made history by signing an agreement to send illegal immigrants and asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda. This deal, called the "Rwanda-UK Migration and Economic Development Partnership," involves the UK providing an economic support package to Rwanda in exchange for accepting refugees. Rwanda, located in Central Africa, has a history of genocide and human rights violation.

    Ho Chi Minh Debate Open 2023 · Open Semifinals · 2023-08-12

  • B. This house supports the Rwanda-UK Migration and Economic Development Partnership.

    Infoslide

    In 2022, the British Government made history by signing an agreement to send illegal immigrants and asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda. This deal, called the "Rwanda-UK Migration and Economic Development Partnership," involves the UK providing an economic support package to Rwanda in exchange for accepting refugees. Rwanda, located in Central Africa, has a history of genocide and human rights violation.

    Ho Chi Minh Debate Open 2023 · Novice Finals · 2023-08-12

  • This house, as ECOWAS, would send troops to Niger in order to undermine the military regime

    Infoslide

    After years of economic decline and a rise in insurgency within the region, the presidential guard of Niger successfully mounted a coup against president Mohamed Bazoum and instated a military junta on the 26th of July 2023. Supporters of the junta were seeing chanting 'Wagner' and waving Russian flags in demonstrations in the days following the coup. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a political and economic union consisting of 15 Western African states. It has a history of dealing with military coups in the region: sending peacekeepers to The Gambia after a 2017 coup for example and imposing sanctions on Mali and Guinea after their coups in 2021. So far, it has condemned the coup in Niger and placed sanctions on the country.

    Princeton IV 2023 · Quarterfinals · 2023-08-05

  • This house, as the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), would invite Zimbabwe to join

    Infoslide

    A customs union is a trade bloc that involves the elimination of tariffs and quotas on trade between two or more countries. The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) is a customs union among five countries of Southern Africa: Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa.

    Southern Africa National Universities Debate Championships 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-07-27

  • This house, as a young politically active South African, would campaign for youth to spoil their ballot in the upcoming national election

    Infoslide

    A spoiled ballot means a ballot which is mutilated, torn, or otherwise damaged in such a manner as to render it impossible to determine how or for whom the voter cast his or her vote. Spoiled ballot papers are nevertheless counted in assessing the total number of votes cast.

    Southern Africa National Universities Debate Championships 2023 · ESL Semifinals · 2023-07-27

  • This house believes that the South African government should adopt radical counterinflationary policies

    Infoslide

    A counterinflationary policy is a measure taken by a country's central bank intended to stop, slow, reverse or prevent economic inflation. Such policies range from radical measures (such as Deferred Pay and Compulsory Savings) to more moderate ones (such as the Repo Rate)

    Southern Africa National Universities Debate Championships 2023 · Open Semifinals · 2023-07-27

  • This House believes that developing countries should drop local languages in favor of a world language* as the primary medium of instruction in schools. *a World Language is a major language that is geographically widespread and has many speakers (e.g. English, Arabic, French, etc.)

    World Schools Debating Championship 2023 · Round 8 · 2023-07-18

  • This House believes that African countries should recognise the sovereignty of Somaliland

    World Schools Debating Championship 2023 · Round 5 · 2023-07-18

  • This House regrets the establishment of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

    Infoslide

    The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), established in 2018 and officially launched on 1 January 2021, is a free trade area encompassing 54 out of 55 African Union nations. It is the world's largest free trade area in terms of participating countries, surpassing even the World Trade Organization (WTO). The primary goals of this agreement are to promote intra-African trade by establishing a unified market, facilitating a liberalized trade environment, and facilitating the movement of capital and people.

    National University Debating Championship 2023 · Quarterfinals · 2023-07-16

  • TH, as the African Union, would provide significant support to the SAF

    Infoslide

    In 2019, Sudan’s president al-Bashir was ousted in a coup. Since then, Sudan is ruled by two generals, the leaders of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), Sudan’s general military junta that fought against South Sudan, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a special military force created to fight in Darfur. Following disputes around the timetable of the RSF’s integration into the general army, and the officers' ranks’ conversion, a war between the two armies has begun.

    The Earlsfort Open 2023 · Semifinals · 2023-07-08

  • That the African Union should continue its policy of preservation of colonial era borders instead of recognizing secessionist movements fighting for autonomy. [borders]

    Infoslide

    The Cairo Declaration, released during the meeting of heads of state of the Organisation of African Unity (now African Union) in its first session in 1964, led to the development of an international practice of respecting and sustaining the territorial situation as it existed at independence. This later evolved as the rule of the status quo, which preserved the border arrangements left behind by colonial regimes.

    Krabi Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2023 · Round 7 · 2023-07-01

  • Assuming an initial agreement is possible, that it is the interest of DA to include EFF in its (DA's) coalition for the 2024 election. [coalition]

    Infoslide

    The African National Congress (ANC) is a social democratic party that has been in power in South Africa since the apartheid ended in 1994. The Democratic Alliance is the biggest opposition party in South Africa based on previous election results and is a centrist party. The second largest opposition party is the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) which is a far left populist party. The DA and EFF have traditionally opposed each other. Currently, the DA is planning form a coalition of opposition parties against the ANC that excludes the EFF.

    Krabi Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2023 · Round 7 · 2023-07-01

  • That South African membership in an active BRICS is in the best interest of other African countries. [BRICS]

    Infoslide

    BRICS is an acronym for the geopolitical bloc of the countries Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Cooperation among BRICS countries spans across various sectors.

    Krabi Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2023 · Round 7 · 2023-07-01

  • That we oppose researchers who are based in Western countries conducting parachute research in developing countries

    Infoslide

    Parachute research is the practice of entering another country, utilising their infrastructure, resources and people alongside your own to conduct research, and then leaving back to your home country to publish that research for your country’s scientific community.

    UNSW Pre-Australs 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-06-25

  • This house would transfer complete management of environmentally significant areas to an international body, instead of the national government of that area (e.g., control of the Mabira Rainforest or Lake Victoria would be transferred to an international body, instead of being under the control of the Ugandan government)

    UNSA KAMPALA-WAKISO SUBREGIONS 2023 · Grand Final · 2023-06-24