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After crushing Mali Islamists, France pushes deal with Tuaregs

After winning adulation across Mali for a five month military offensive that crushed al Qaeda fighters, France is now frustrating some of its allies by pushing for a political settlement with a...

EU will give over €500m to help Mali rebuild

MALI WAR

The European Union will pledge more than half a billion euros to help Mali rebuild after months of conflict, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Tuesday. "Tomorrow we will...

Realising Africa's Wealth – Building Inclusive Businesses for Shared Prosperity (May 2013)

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Involving low-income communities in markets and businesses across Africa is essential for economic growth to translate into sustainable development, according to a United Nations Development...

NEPAD: Statement by the New Partnership for Africa's Development, African Heads of State at World Economic Forum call for increased agriculture investment (09/05/2013)

STATEMENT

African Heads of State and Government, eminent persons and leaders of business attending the 23rd WEF on Africa have been discussing the modalities of how to increase private-sector investment and...

UNDP: Statement by the United Nations Development Programme, states that creating business opportunities for Africa’s poor key to sustainable development (10/05/2013)

STATEMENT

Involving low-income communities in markets and businesses across Africa is essential for economic growth to translate into sustainable development, according to a United Nations Development...

New $25m fund launched to grow African agriculture

agriculture

A mango project in Burkina Faso exporting to Europe will receive the first grant from a new $25-million agriculture fund launched on Thursday that is designed to connect small farmers to...

A new voice: The role of Africa’s youth in electoral democracies

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Africa has had a long, faltered journey with regard to establishing democracies, as many nations have suffered through decades of autocratic rulers and repeated coups d'état. Recently, Africa...

SA: Statement by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, joint statement following 2015 Review Conference on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (24/04/2013)

STATEMENT

Our countries are deeply concerned about the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons. While this has been known since nuclear weapons were first developed and is reflected in...

SA: Statement by Edna Molewa, Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, on the outcomes of CITES Cop16 (19/03/2013)

STATEMENT

South Africa has offered to host the 17th Conference of Parties of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES COP17) in 2016. South Africa...

SA: Statement by the Department of Water Affairs, on rhino management in South Africa at CITES COP16 (08/03/2013)

STATEMENT

South Africa’s rhino population has been at the centre of international attention for the last five years. Our government, ordinary citizens, private sector (rhino owners), non-governmental...

Post-election reflection: Burkina Faso’s December 2012 parliamentary and municipal elections

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

On 2 December 2012, the Burkinabe people took to the polls to vote for their parliamentary and municipal representatives. Elections in Burkina Faso, as with many other African countries, are...

AfDB: Statement by the African Development Bank, regional multilateral development bank, the African Water Facility to support access of urban poor to sanitation in Uganda (05/02/2013)

STATEMENT

The African Water Facility offered a 1 million euro grant to the Community Integrated Development Initiatives (CIDI) to support their Kawempe Urban Poor Sanitation Improvement Project (KUPSIP). The...

SA: Statement by the Presidency, President Zuma receives a courtesy call from the Confederation of African Football leadership (05/02/2013)

STATEMENT

President Jacob Zuma today, 5 February 2013, received a courtesy call from Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Issa Hayatou at the Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guesthouse in Pretoria.

Are military solutions to the Malian crisis protecting civilians?

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

At the beginning of May 2012, there were some 130 000 internally displaced persons in Mali and approximately 190 000 refugees in neighbouring Algeria, Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Niger. Currently,...

Côte d’Ivoire’s ‘blood beans’: Big men politics, conflict and environmental degradation in the land of cocoa

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

On 11 April 2011, the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI), backed by French military troops, arrested the long-time partner of Western interests in the region, the then-President,...

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