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Ebrahim Ebrahim joined the liberation movement as a youth activist in 1952, and participated in the Congress of the People Campaign which drew up and adopted the Freedom Charter in 1955. He joined...
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) was formed in December 1994 as a regional organisation whose mission is to promote economic integration through trade and investment in...
Within the context of the global economy, Africa is widely recognised as a key developing market. Entry into and expansion within the African continent is regarded by many multinational...
Last weekend African leaders all over the continent in some way or the other celebrated the establishment of the OAU 50 years ago. The emphasis in public speeches was on the theme of unity – the...
One of the highlights of the upcoming 21st Summit of the African Union (AU) is the 50th anniversary of the founding in 1963 of its predecessor, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) on 25 May...
One of the ambitions of pan-Africanism is the realisation of what Ali Mazrui, the renowned Kenyan political scientist, called Pax Africana, a peace ‘that is protected and maintained by Africa...
South Africa would ‘never say no’ when called upon to end strife in Africa, International Relations and Cooperation Minister MaiteNkoana-Mashabane told journalists in Pretoria on 29 April.Asked...
In a month’s time it will exactly be 50th years since our leaders formed the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). I would therefore like to take this opportunity to express our sincere gratitude...
Opposition parties were accused on Tuesday of seeking to score political points from the death of South African soldiers in the Central African Republic (CAR). "This is done without any iota of...
Nearly a month after launching its military intervention in Mali, France informed the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that it would seek a United Nations (UN) force to replace the French-led...
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies says African countries need to have harmonised business regulatory frameworks that talk to each other if regional integration is to be achieved in...
The African Development Bank has approved two loans totalling USD 232.5 million for the 157.5-kilometre road project from Arusha to Holili in Tanzania, and Taveta to Voi in Kenya, in an effort to...
The COMESA Competition Commission (CCC) is a regional competition authority created to facilitate increased pan-African trade. It consists of 19 member states namely Burundi, Comoros, the...
The ANC remains committed to its founding values of a struggle for a
humane, just, equitable, democratic, and free world. As such, this is
what informs our international relations policy and...
COMESA's 19 Member States cut a swathe across the continent from Libya and Egypt in the north, through central and east Africa as far south as Zimbabwe and Swaziland, and includes the islands of...