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SA: Statement by Alan Winde, Western Cape Minister of Tourism, on Cape Town International Airport being rated Africa's best for third year in a row (12/03/2013)

STATEMENT

Cape Town International Airport has been rated the “Best Airport in Africa” in the Airports Council International (ACI) 2012 Airport Service Quality Awards (ASQ). This is the third year in a...

The countdown to South Africa’s first Islamic bond draws closer

SAICA

Tax and relevant legislation regarding Islamic financial instruments became effective 1 January 2013 as part of a project to make South Africa the Islamic financial sector hub for Africa. Yusuf...

Daily podcast – December 6, 2012.

PODCAST

China led developing nations on Wednesday in demanding that rich countries give details of a promised surge in aid to $100-billion a year by 2020 to help the poor cope with global warming.

SA: Statement by Civicus, global civil society network, calling for reprisals against Bahraini human rights defenders to end (23/11/2012)

STATEMENT

On-going persecution of human rights defenders for engaging with Bahrain’s Universal Periodic Review was highlighted by UN Secretary General, Ban ki Moon in his August 2012 report, Cooperation...

Stepping forward or stepping back? An overview of women’s rights in relation to the Arab Uprisings - Part 1

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

From the ban on women’s driving in Saudi Arabia, to the social stigmas which fuel honour killings, to the ever-controversial issue of the hijab (headscarf), women’s rights in the Middle East...

For a Better Life: Migrant Worker Abuse in Bahrain and the Government Reform Agenda (September 2012)

HUMAN RIGHTS

This report documents the many forms of abuse and exploitation suffered by migrant workers in Bahrain and details the government’s efforts to provide redress and strengthen worker protections....

SA: Statement by the Free Market Foundation, economic freedom rises in South Africa and worldwide while United States sinks to historic low (18/09/2012)

STATEMENT

South Africa’s disastrous decline in economic freedom during recent years from 41st to 91st has finally been arrested with a rise to 85th (out of 144 countries) in the latest Economic Freedom of...

SA ranks higher in latest economic freedom report

ECONOMY

The latest ‘Economic Freedom of the World’ report by Canada’s Fraser Institute has ranked South Africa at 85 out of 144 countries, a rise from a ranking of 91 in the previous year. The Free...

The Arab Spring Turns into an Arab Nightmare in Syria

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

The United Nations Security Council and the international community should not place too much hope in the impossible mission Lakhdar Brahimi has assumed, taking over from Kofi Annan as the new...

Democratic transition in Egypt and Tunisia: Lessons for “Arab Spring” states

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Analysis of the outcomes of the “Arab Spring” across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) reveals some broad trends. In Morocco and Jordan, limited political concessions appeased protestors,...

From Mali and militants to piracy and petroleum: The evolving nature of Arabian Gulf states’ influence in Africa

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The formidable presence of ‘new’ global super powers such as China and India on the African continent has tended to dominate headlines and analysis; yet the role the countries of the Arabian...

The future of the Arab Spring: Islam, Islamism, growing paranoia and future prospects (Part I)

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The year 2011 saw Libyan ‘revolutionaries’ call for democracy and human rights. However, the gruesome footage of the capture and subsequent death of Muammar Gaddafi indicates that the...

Why NATO Intervention in Libya is not a Victory for Responsibility to Protect

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

There is a moral consensus on the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) as a framework for ending mass atrocities. The portrayal of the NATO intervention in Libya as a ‘victory’ for R2P is however...

No Justice in Bahrain: Unfair Trials in Military and Civilian Courts (March 2012)

HUMAN RIGHTS

This Human Rights Watch report documents serious due process violations in high-profile trials before Bahrain’s special military courts in 2011 – including one trial of 21 prominent political...

The relevance of al-Qaida in the wake of the Arab Spring

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The political and social upheaval in many parts of the Middle East and North Africa that began with a young man’s personal quest for dignity after being slighted by a policewoman in a small...

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