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As the rest of the world watched the FIFA World Cup final between Spain and The Netherlands on Sunday night, Uganda experienced one of the worst terrorist attacks in its history. At least 74...
The 2010 Fifa World Cup has resulted in an unprecedented number of foreign nationals visiting South Africa. During the event many articles in the international media praised the country for the...
On Friday 2 July 2010, South Africans heard the shocking judgement that Jackie Selebi, the man who had headed South African Police Service (SAPS) for the eight-year period between 2000 and 2008was...
In May this year Margaret Loj, the UN Secretary General's Special Representative to Liberia heralded the training of 47 new officers of Liberia's Emergency Response Unit (ERU), the elite wing of...
Tragic as it is, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is good news for Africa - increasingly the new frontier for oil and gas exploration worldwide. Now estimated to be spewing up to 60 000 barrels...
The South African government is increasingly anxious about the state of its public entities. The past few years, South African parastatals have been inefficiently managed and have underperformed,...
In a 2008 ISS monograph on Africa in 2025 (Africa in the New World – how global developments will impact by 2025, no 151), I wrote how corporate economic influence is often more powerful than...
Civil society has become a key driver behind global efforts to end impunity for grave international crimes. African Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) are no exception, having recently spearheaded...