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02 Apr 2013
 
 
 
 
Daily podcast – April 2, 2013.
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Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir ordered the release of all political prisoners on Monday. The move was cautiously welcomed by the opposition in the tightly-controlled African country....
 
 
27 Mar 2013
 
A Win-Win in Infrastructure – The Durban BRICS Summit
African Development Bank
The new world order comes to Durban this week – for the fifth BRICS Summit, and the first in Africa. Dilma Rousseff, Vladimir Putin, Manmohan Singh, Xi Jinping and Jacob Zuma represent a changing...
 
 
22 Mar 2013
 
 
 
Daily podcast – March 22, 2013.
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Senior emerging market officials say leaders from the world's major emerging economies are likely to endorse plans at a summit next week to create a joint foreign exchange reserves pool and an...
 
 
06 Mar 2013
 
Arms for Alms: Africa and its story of illicit trade in small arms
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
Illicit trade of any form whatsoever affects both developing and developed nations alike. To add to it, if small arms are traded, the gravity of the situation tends to burgeon exponentially. Over...
 
 
28 Feb 2013
 
 
 
Daily podcast – February 28, 2013.
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Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan used his 2013 Budget address to lawmakers as a platform to add financial meat to the bare bones of the much-vaunted National Development Plan 2030. The NDP aims to...
 
 
14 Feb 2013
 
Sharing CAR’s spoils? Power-sharing agreements and the politics of permanent rebellion
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
With the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DR Congo or DRC) M23 and the crisis in Mali being put in the limelight by the international media, coverage of the Central African Republic (CAR)...
 
 
22 Jan 2013
 
Mali: War By Default
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
In an apparent attempt to replicate their successes of last year, Islamist rebels in northern Mali launched fresh attacks on government positions in early January. These attacks resulted in another...
 
 
21 Jan 2013
 
 
 
Daily podcast – January 21, 2013.
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French troops advanced cautiously toward northern Mali on Sunday amid fears of ambush by al Qaeda-linked fighters. Meanwhile, its French fighter jets pounded the Islamists' strongholds in the...
 
 
10 Jan 2013
 
 
 
Daily podcast – January 10, 2013.
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South Africa is set to raise the profile of its carbon capture and storage (or CCS) initiatives in 2013. This comes amid calls from the International Energy Agency (or IEA) for a renewed focus on...
 
 
03 Jan 2013
 
CAR rebels halt advance, agree to peace talks
INSURGENCY
Rebels in Central African Republic (CAR) said they had halted their advance on the capital on Wednesday and agreed to start peace talks, averting a clash with regionally backed troops. The Seleka...
 
 
07 Dec 2012
 
 
 
Daily podcast – December 7, 2012.
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The Department of Home Affairs (or DHA) won’t be going ahead with its plans to issue ID smart cards to first-time applicants by this month, but has averred it will start doing so early in the new...
 
 
28 Nov 2012
 
African States Push for a Bullet-Proof Arms Trade Treaty at the United Nations
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
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...
 
 
16 Nov 2012
 
Mali war against Islamists unlikely before mid 2013
mali crisis
Any foreign-backed offensive to retake control of northern Mali from al Qaeda-linked Islamists will take at least six months to prepare, plans seen by Reuters show, a delay that runs counter to the...
 
 
31 Oct 2012
 
Is the African Union Still Focused on Child Soldiers?
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
It is just over a decade since the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) began its engagement with the issue of children and armed conflict, noting that this had serious consequences for peace and...
 
 
12 Oct 2012
 
 
 
Daily podcast – October 12, 2012.
PODCASTS
Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu said on Thursday that the people calling for the nationalisation of the country's mines were economically empowered, and that they had wasted the money...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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