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The Middle East’s socio-political transformation after Arab-spring

The issues and perspectives that have emerged from the phenomenon dubbed the Arab Spring should be re-evaluated from the enlightened vantage point of Arabism, nationalism, and Islamism, Mapungubwe...

Egypt condemns Israeli attack on Syria

ATTACK

Egypt condemned an Israeli attack on Syria on Sunday, saying it complicated a crisis that Cairo was trying to help resolve. Israel carried out its second air strike in days on Syria, targeting...

Senior Egypt officials in Iran for Syria talks

SYRIA TALKS

Senior aides to Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi made a rare visit to Tehran for talks with Iran on an Islamic initiative to seek a peaceful solution to Syria's civil war, the two sides said on...

UK opens makeshift Somalia embassy in Western vote of confidence

EMBASSY

In a sign of growing optimism that Somalia is winning a struggle against pirates and al Qaeda-linked insurgents, Britain opened an embassy on Thursday in a set of four metal cabins at Mogadishu...

SA: Statement by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, joint statement following 2015 Review Conference on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (24/04/2013)

STATEMENT

Our countries are deeply concerned about the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons. While this has been known since nuclear weapons were first developed and is reflected in...

SA: Statement by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, Deputy Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim concludes visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran (18/04/2013)

STATEMENT

The Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ebrahim I Ebrahim has concluded a successful visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran that took place from 16-18 April preceded by the...

SA: Statement by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, Deputy Minister Ebrahim arrived in Qatar for bilateral consultations (13/04/2013)

STATEMENT

The Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ebrahim I Ebrahim is in Qatar ahead of the Fourth Bilateral Consultations scheduled for 14 to 15 April 2013. The visit to the State...

China’s African media footprint

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

On 14 December 2012, China Daily, China’s biggest English-language newspaper, launched its first African edition.(2) This was the latest development in the story of China’s ever expanding media...

SA: Statement by Ebrahim Ebrahim, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, on international relations issues (09/04/2013)

STATEMENT

In our briefing today, I will focus on a) the current tensions in the Korean Peninsula, b) the inauguration of Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, which is taking place today, as well as other...

Can member states develop a meaningful trade agenda?

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Don't talk to me about giblets," International Relations and Co-operation Minister Maite Nkoane-Mashabane reportedly said during last week’s Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa)...

Daily podcast – April 3, 2013.

PODCAST UN

The South African Revenue Service collected R814.1-billion, and has reduced its debtors book, for the first time in its history during the 2012/13 financial year. The collected tax was R4-billion...

AfriForum: Statement by Philip van Staden, AfriForum Naboomspruit branch Chairperson, on Human Rights Day protests against the proposed mining development in the Nylsvley RAMSAR wetland area (19/03/2013)

STATEMENT

The civil rights organisation AfriForum will protest on Human Rights Day against the proposed mining development in the Nylsvley RAMSAR wetland area, by sitting without water in a cage for 24...

South Africans have yet to discover the real power of social media

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Wireless communication and social media platforms have provided citizens with previously unimaginable possibilities to engage politically. For example, during the 2012 United States presidential...

Africa and the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

Although the use of nuclear weapons is widely recognised as being inhumane, and despite an international agreement reached some 40 years ago to further the goal of nuclear disarmament, some states...

SA: Statement by CIVICUS, world alliance for citizen participation, strongly condemns the crackdown on media and civil society in Iran (27/02/2013)

STATEMENT

Global civil society alliance, CIVICUS and the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran strongly condemn the on-going crackdown on media and civil society in Iran. Between 26 January and 22...

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