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25 May 2013
                       
 
 
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16 May 2013
 
 
WWF: Statement by the World Wide Fund for Nature, conservation organisation, on vulture conservation in Limpopo (16/05/2013)
STATEMENT
The Endangered Wildlife Trust’s Wildlife and Energy Programme (EWT-WEP), in partnership with Eskom Limpopo Operating Unit, the EWT’s Birds of Prey Programme (EWT-BoPP) and the Vulture...
 
 
08 Apr 2013
 
 
 
Upper Nile Refugee Crisis: Avoiding past mistakes in the year to come (April 2013)
HUMAN RIGHTS
Starting in November 2011, thousands of refugees fleeing aerial bombardments and food shortages in Blue Nile, Sudan, arrived in Maban County, in Upper Nile state, South Sudan. The international...
 
 
05 Apr 2013
 
Very little known about SA’s domestic food consumption habits – study
FOOD
A newly published scoping study, initiated and funded by the Water Research Commission (WRC), has found that very little is known about domestic food consumption habits, which is further hampering...
 
 
WRC: Statement by the Water Research Commission, water-based research hub, study reveals South Africa's insufficient knowldge on hunger and nutritional issues (05/04/2013)
STATEMENT
Hunger and nutritional issues are recognised as a major hurdle in the development of South African society. Yet, while millions of South Africans are suffering the effects of hunger and...
 
 
28 Mar 2013
 
Ethiopia’s hydropower futures: Walking the thin line between energy independence, environmental degradation and conflict
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
Energy independence has become a recurring, yet contested, theme in African politics; especially in East Africa where upwards of 90% of the population has no access to electricity.(2) Consequently,...
 
 
07 Feb 2013
 
Africa’s green revolution: Experiences from India and the use of genetically modified organisms
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
There has been a renewed effort by the international community to transform Africa’s agricultural practices. This campaign comes amid growing concern over widespread hunger and poverty throughout...
 
 
07 Jan 2013
 
Ivory Coast: Christine Lagarde: Address by the International Monetary chief, during the diplomatic visit to Ivory Coast, Abidjan (07/01/2013)
STATEMENT
Let me first of all convey to each and every one of you my best wishes for a happy New Year. Through you, the representatives of the people, I extend my wishes to the entire Ivoirien population.
 
 
13 Nov 2012
 
Securing Sudan and South Sudan’s economic and political futures: The real value of oil
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
On 9 July 2011, the world’s newest nation was born. The Republic of Sudan had been in conflict for the majority of its independence since 1956. South Sudan gained its autonomy from the North...
 
 
25 Oct 2012
 
 
 
Daily podcast – October 25, 2012.
PODCAST
According to emails revealed this week, South African millionaire businessperson and one-time anti-apartheid hero Cyril Ramaphosa urged ministers to crack down on the violent platinum miners'...
 
 
24 Oct 2012
 
WB: Statement by the World Bank, on removing barriers to Africa's food trade (24/10/2012)
STATEMENT
A new World Bank report says that Africa’s farmers can potentially grow enough food to feed the continent and avert future food crises if countries remove cross-border restrictions on the food...
 
 
13 Sep 2012
 
Zimbabwe
Country Profiles

Zimbabwe

Capital city: Harare
Languages: English (official); Shona, Ndebele, numerous...

 
 
11 Sep 2012
 
 
 
Daily podcast – September 11, 2012.
PODCAST
The World Food Programme (or WFP) is seeking $30-million to feed more than one-million people in Malawi facing severe shortages. This is a result of a disastrous fight that the former President of...
 
 
31 Aug 2012
 
Niger
Country Profiles

Niger


Capital city: Niamey
Languages: French (official); Hausa, Djerma...

 
 
10 Dec 2011
 
ANC: Statement by Kgalema Motlanthe: African National Congress deputy president, on climate change and the Millennium Developmental Goals (10/12/2011)
Statements

The discord within the climate change negotiations is a microcosm of the broader challenges facing the multilateral system of global governance. Understanding that the stakes are at an all...

 
 
06 Dec 2011
 
SA: Motlanthe: Address by the Deputy President, at the UN convention to combat desertification, Durban (06/12/2011)
Topics
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to make a contribution to the discussions on climate change and its co-attended effects on desertification, land degradation and drought (DLDD).
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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