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22 May 2013
                       
 
 
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20 May 2013
 
 
After crushing Mali Islamists, France pushes deal with Tuaregs
MALI WAR
After winning adulation across Mali for a five month military offensive that crushed al Qaeda fighters, France is now frustrating some of its allies by pushing for a political settlement with a...
 
 
13 May 2013
 
Five suicide bombers dead in failed attacks in northern Mali
BOMBERS
At least five suicide bombers died in northern Mali on Friday in attacks aimed at Malian and Nigerien troops which failed to inflict serious casualties on their targets, a spokesperson for Mali's...
 
 
Mali asks donors for two billion euros to rebuild country
DONATION
Mali will ask international donors for nearly €2-billion to help rebuild the country and try to halt a resurgence of al Qaeda-linked Islamists who were driven out of the major northern towns by a...
 
 
08 May 2013
 
Chad emerges as African power broker as France steps back
power broker
Chad's President Idriss Deby, a survivor of countless rebellions, has stepped into a void left by Africa's traditional heavyweights and turned his desert nation into a powerbroker as France...
 
 
25 Apr 2013
 
Mali's Tuareg rebels reject elections, disarming before talks
MALI WAR
Mali's Tuareg separatist rebels dismissed French calls to disarm ahead of July elections on Wednesday saying they would fight to the death if Malian troops entered areas under its control,...
 
 
23 Apr 2013
 
French embassy in Tripoli hit by car bomb
BOMBING
A car bomb in Tripoli wounded two French guards at France's embassy in Libya on Tuesday, bringing new violence to the capital, which has not seen attacks on diplomats like that which killed the US...
 
 
24 Jan 2013
 
Reducing the cost of hostage taking requires better interventions
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
This month, two attempts to rescue hostages taken by terrorist groups in Somalia and Algeria resulted in the deaths of many captives. Hostage taking is not new but the impact can be far reaching,...
 
 
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...
 
 
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...
 
 
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...
 
 
13 Nov 2012
 
AUC: Statement by the African Union Commission, on Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma's attendance of the 50th anniversary of the Pan African Women's Organisation (13/11/2012)
STATEMENT
The trip signals AUC’s support to PAWO. It also signals the Chairperson’s commitment to gender equality, “not only as a human rights issue, but also as a resource that we must develop by...
 
 
19 Oct 2012
 
 
 
Daily podcast – October 19, 2012.
PODCAST
A new survey by the National Business Initiative has found that over 61% of the participating large companies spent between R2-million and R35-million each during the 2010/11 financial year...
 
 
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...
 
 
10 Oct 2012
 
 
 
Daily podcast – October 10, 2012.
PODCAST
A South African court on Tuesday ordered the local unit of Wal-Mart to double a planned fund for small suppliers to $23-million. This ends more than a year of legal wrangling over its entry into...
 
 
27 Sep 2012
 
 
 
Daily podcast – September 27, 2012.
PODCAST
Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant said on Wednesday that South Africa's law provided a space for protected peaceful strikes, which should obviate the need for illegal strikes accompanied by...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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