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20 June 2013
                       
 
 
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14 Jun 2013
 
 
APRM at 10: Invigorating its leadership
SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
The recent 19th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, injected new momentum into the decade old African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) with the appointment of new leadership to the APR Forum...
 
 
13 Jun 2013
 
AHC: Statement by the Australian High Commission, Australia partners with the Desmond Tutu 'Tutudesk Campaign' to deliver 90 000 desks across Africa (13/06/2013)
STATEMENT
More than 90 million African children either do not currently have desks at their schools or attend classes in overcrowded classrooms without sufficient space for traditional desks. This has a...
 
 
07 Jun 2013
 
Securing Africa's natural resources to avoid conflict
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
One of the many challenges posed by the exploitation of natural resources in Africa is its potential for conflict – both internal and between states. At a recent meeting in Harare, African...
 
 
06 Jun 2013
 
SA: Rejoice Mabudafhasi: Address by the Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, during the African Marine Debris Summit,SANBI, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town (06/06/2013)
SPEECH
Let me start by extending our warmth welcome on behalf of the government of the Republic of South Africa and the Ministry of Water and Environmental Affairs. I am told that amongst us here...
 
 
05 Jun 2013
 
DA: Statement by Ian Davidson, DA Shadow Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, calls on the Department of International Relations and Cooperation to confirm or deny whether Bozize is headed to South Africa (05/06/2013)
STATEMENT
The DA calls on the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) to either confirm or deny reports that former Central African Republic (CAR) President, Francois Bozize, is headed...
 
 
28 May 2013
 
Nigerian army says kills three Islamists in Boko Haram crackdown
CRACKDOWN
Nigerian soldiers have killed three members of Islamist militant sect Boko Haram and arrested 25 more in the northeast, the army said on Tuesday, two weeks after the launch of a major ground and...
 
 
27 May 2013
 
Surface of Lake Chad reduced to only 1/10 of its original size: Sliding towards an irrevocable imbalance, or smart adaptation? - Part 1
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
This paper addresses the steady disappearance of Lake Chad and continues from an initial exchange of discussions on the Consultancy Africa Intelligence (CAI) LinkedIn Group.(2) It starts by setting...
 
 
Kerry stresses respect for human rights with Nigerian president
HUMAN RIGHTS
US Secretary of State John Kerry, who last week expressed concern about allegations of gross human rights violations by Nigerian forces fighting the Boko Haram Islamist sect, raised the issue with...
 
 
21 May 2013
 
 
 
Daily podcast – May 21, 2013
PODCAST
African National Congress secretary-general Gwede Mantashe said on Monday that President Jacob Zuma doesn’t have to explain his ties to the Gupta family. He said the National Executive Committee...
 
 
Libya war weapons may be killing central Africa elephants – UN
ENVIRONMENT
Armed groups in central Africa are using powerful weapons, some of which may be left over from the civil war in Libya, to kill elephants for their ivory, the United Nations (UN) said on Monday. In...
 
 
20 May 2013
 
 
 
Daily podcast – May 20, 2013
PODCAST
South Africa's justice minister on Sunday accused an Indian High Commission official and some South Africans of colluding to obtain permission for a plane chartered by a rich family close to...
 
 
10 May 2013
 
Kaberuka urges sub-Saharan Africa to push GDP growth to 10%
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Sub-Saharan Africa has been growing steadily over the past few years, but needs to push up its growth rate to 10%, African Development Bank (AfDB) president Donald Kaberuka believes. He told a...
 
 
02 May 2013
 
African soil – when the going gets tough, privatisation gets going
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
Privatisation in today’s world is a common word, but its impact, especially in regions like Africa, is less known. With increasing globalisation, the scope to privatise enterprises has increased...
 
 
30 Apr 2013
 
 
 
Daily podcast – April 30, 2013.
PODCAST
Department of Trade and Industry director-general Lionel October said that a new business licensing Bill will merely extend and standardise the issuing of licences, which already exists across the...
 
 
The treatment of minorities in Africa: A case study of Pygmies in Central Africa
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
“The aim of a democracy is to safeguard the rights of the minority and avoid the tyranny of the majority.”(2) This quote, from the American philosopher Cornel West, has enlightening...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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