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The resolution of the crisis in the Casamance, Senegal, that has been on hold since the ceasefire of 2005, has taken a new turn. Salif Sadio, leader of the northern faction of the armed branch of...
South African opposition parties have been in a triumphant mood this week as they have claimed two ‘victories’ over the African National Congress (ANC). First the High Court judgement...
Tanzania’s governing Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party held its 8th National Congress on 14 November 2012 at which President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete was re-elected as the party’s national chairman....
At the recent United Nations (UN) General Assembly First Committee’s 67th session, which took place from 8 October to 6 November 2012, governments passed a UN resolution to hold an extremely...
On Tuesday 20 November, the strategic town of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) fell into the hands of the M23 rebels. Some observers pointed out that the M23 movement had...
Eritrea and South Africa formally established diplomatic relations in 1994. Eighteen years later, the two states seem to be strengthening their bilateral relations. In March 2012, Iqbal Jhazbhay,...
The launch of the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) revised Strategic Indicative Plan for the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Co-operation (SIPO II) in Arusha, Tanzania has...
Over the past few months South Africa’s economy has taken several knocks as a result of wildcat and violent labour strikes, capital outflow and credit downgrades by the globally influential...