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In recent times piracy has leapt to the forefront as a threat to the world economy; impacting the prices of commodities and raising concerns about the long term impact on energy prices. Southern...
The World Bank expects South Africa’s growth rate to recover to 3.5% in 2011, on the back of continued consumer spending and a recovery in private investment spending, which contracted sharply...
In addition to having to comply with the merger control requirements of various African jurisdictions, firms implementing mergers in Africa will soon be required to notify certain mergers to a...
In the last two months, the world has witnessed the rapid escalation of a campaign to unseat the regime led by Muammar Gaddafi in Libya. Despite several denials, it is clear that the primary...
The South African Government has now finally made a decision concerning anti-piracy operations, following the successful hijacking of a fishing vessel off the Mozambique coast in December 2010 and...
From January to December 2010, the total incidents of piracy recorded per regions of the world were 40 in America, 44 in the Far East, 28 in the Indian Sub Continent, 70 in South East Asia, 4 in...
This year, 2011 is perhaps one of the busiest years in the electoral calendar of Africa since the 1990s. More than 18 African countries are scheduled to conduct elections that might determine a...
Pirates have reached the Southern African seas. The European Union Naval Force Somalia (EU NAVFOR) documents two confirmed cases of piracy off the Southern African coastline. The first is a...