John Gerry Emmanuel

Advocate & Legal Consultant

[PALU @LawyersofAfrica]

⚖️ Historic win for #ElectoralJustice!

On 6 March 2026, the African Court ruled that blocking legal challenges to Tanzania's presidential election results violates the African Charter on Human & Peoples’ Rights. A major step for accountability & voters’ rights, setting a precedent for Africa.

Read more & Hear from the litigants: https://t.co/X5bjnJerYQ

@ChidiOdinkalu @MariaSTsehai @ACTwazalendo @HecheJohn @CHADEMA @ChademaTZ2 @HildaNewton21 @zittokabwe @donalddeya

[Robert Amsterdam @robertamsterdam]

A General issues threats, while his father violently governs as if Uganda is a family estate. Like @HEBobiwine, we are acting in solidarity with the people of Uganda, not those who subvert its constitution. Accountability is possible.

[John Gerry Emmanuel @Jon_Gerry]

@_AfricanUnion @IGADsecretariat @AUC_PAPS The "unwavering commitment to supporting the people" is an illusion. Delete it pls

[John Gerry Emmanuel @Jon_Gerry]

Happy to be your best man @Lopitialoteka

[John Gerry Emmanuel @Jon_Gerry]

@Lopitialoteka
Congratulations to you brother Pitia and sis Puru. Wish you a happy marriage life

[John Gerry Emmanuel @Jon_Gerry]

@Lopitialoteka
Congratulations brother. I wish you a happy marriage life

[John Gerry Emmanuel @Jon_Gerry]

Smarter without human prompts?

[CSPAN @cspan]

.@elonmusk: "We might have AI that is smarter than any human by the end of this year and I would say no later than next year...five years from now, AI will be smarter than all of humanity collectively."

[Animu Athiei @animuathiei]

#EndStatelessness @institute_si @IHRDAfrica @EQL_Nationality @nationality4all @Jon_Gerry @BarhamSalih @_AfricanUnion

[Animu Athiei @animuathiei]

🙏🏿 to @The_EastAfrican 4amplifying a vital truth:arbitrary deprivation of nationality is inhumane. The #RightToNationality is NOT optional. More on the landmark decision of @achpr_cadhp in my favour&the concrete steps🇸🇸 must take2ensure corrective action
https://t.co/Y4ZLtk0DAc

[John Gerry Emmanuel @Jon_Gerry]

@animuathiei @MTNSSD Oh... that must be bad. Sorry

[Uganda Law Society @ug_lawsociety]

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[John Gerry Emmanuel @Jon_Gerry]

Grateful meeting you. Happy New Year to you and ULS.

[Isaac Ssemakadde @IsaacSsemakadde]

Juba Jaba • Best in class hospitality🌹@ealawsociety ⁦@NelsonHavi⁩

[Isaac Ssemakadde @IsaacSsemakadde]

Juba Jaba • Best in class hospitality🌹@ealawsociety ⁦@NelsonHavi⁩

[John Gerry Emmanuel @Jon_Gerry]

@Stat_Cult You excluded South Sudan because you don't know the meaning of Sudan or it's history

[IGAD Secretariat @IGADsecretariat]

IGAD Regrets Eritrea’s Decision to Withdraw from the Organisation

Read more: https://t.co/KMgTxOMxaK

[John Gerry Emmanuel @Jon_Gerry]

Been there a few months ago and witnessed their true stories. These women are hardworking in a unique economy.

[The Continent @thecontinent_]

Lifeline: A sponge farmer in Zanzibar tends to her crops near Jambiani. Each day women enter the tide to tend their allotments after climate change and overfishing upended their former work at sea.

Photo: Marco Longari/AFP

[The Continent @thecontinent_]

All Protocol Observed

Welcome to Issue 222 of The Continent

Lesotho’s arrest of a former South African navy officer has reignited a long-simmering border dispute, and historic territorial claims — echoing similar struggles across Africa.

https://t.co/BY0FloS2ga

[Sirak Bahlbi @SirakBahlbi]

The African Union’s main policy on colonial boundaries is rooted in a principle adopted long before the AU itself existed — the Organization of African Unity (OAU), Respect for Colonial Borders (Uti Possidetis Juris)

Its purpose was to avoid endless territorial disputes and wars that could arise if countries tried to redraw borders based on ethnic, linguistic, or historical claims.
Also, to prevent border conflicts by accepting inherited borders as permanent, preserve continental stability and promote peaceful coexistence. Discourage irredentism (attempts to reclaim “lost” territories) and secessionist movements.
And, to encourage dialogue and cooperation to resolve any disputes peacefully through the African Union Border Programme (AUBP).

The African Union continues to uphold this principle as legally and politically binding. It supports border demarcation and reaffirmation, not redrawing.

The AU’s core policy is to maintain the colonial-era boundaries (uti possidetis juris) and resolve disputes peacefully through negotiation and legal arbitration — not by altering maps.

When #Eritrea gained independence in 1991 de-facto and 1993 dejure , the new border between the two countries followed the colonial boundary originally established between Italian Eritrea and #Abyssinia (#Ethiopia) during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
These borders were defined by:
Treaty of 1900, Treaty of 1902, and Treaty of 1908 — all between Italy (the colonial power in Eritrea) and Ethiopia (then under Emperor Menelik II).

These treaties formed the legal foundation of the boundary under uti possidetis juris.

When war broke out between Ethiopia and Eritrea in 1998–2000, the OAU:
- Reaffirmed its commitment to the inviolability of inherited colonial borders.
- Mediated peace through the OAU Framework Agreement (1999), which guided the peace process.

The Algiers Peace Agreement, signed in December 2000 under the OAU’s auspices (and later the AU), established:
The Eritrea–Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) under international arbitration (based in The Hague).

The EEBC’s mandate: to delimit and demarcate the border based strictly on colonial treaties and applicable international law — a direct application of uti possidetis juris.

In 2002, the EEBC issued its final and binding decision, awarding key areas (notably Badme) to Eritrea, based on the colonial treaty maps and boundary descriptions.

Thereby ruling #Assab and all #Eritrean cities and towns as undisputed sovereign Eritrean Territory.

Ethiopia initially accepted “in principle” but delayed implementation for years, creating a tense “no war, no peace” situation until 2018, when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed accepted the implementation of EEBC ruling fully.

The AU welcomed that decision as a model for African-led conflict resolution grounded in respect for inherited borders and peaceful negotiation.