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9 February 2012
                       
 
 
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08 Feb 2012
 
 
Barriers blunt trade within Africa – World Bank
TRADE
South African grocer Shoprite spends $20 000 a week in import permits to truck meat, milk and other goods to its stores in neighboring Zambia. One of its trucks may need as many as 1 600 documents...
 
 
06 Feb 2012
 
The relevance of al-Qaida in the wake of the Arab Spring
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
The political and social upheaval in many parts of the Middle East and North Africa that began with a young man’s personal quest for dignity after being slighted by a policewoman in a small...
 
 
02 Feb 2012
 
AU Vote a Setback for South Africa
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
The 18th Summit of the African Union (AU) that took place in Addis Ababa this week has led to a sudden surge of interest into the workings of the organisation. This is due to the intense battle for...
 
 
31 Jan 2012
 
AU extends mandate of current head, exposing divisions
AU
The African Union extended the mandate of its commission chief after failing to elect a new head on Monday, highlighting the weakness of a group criticised for slow decision-making during political...
 
 
30 Jan 2012
 
Lessons and Implications of the Confirmation of Charges Against Kenya’s 'Ocampo Four'
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
As judge Ekaterina Trendafilova read out, on 23 January 2012, the carefully crafted ruling of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the confirmation of charges against the Ocampo Six, few...
 
 
One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns
FOOD CRISIS
More than 1-million children in the Sahel are at risk of severe malnutrition and urgent action is needed to avert starvation akin to that in Somalia, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)...
 
 
24 Jan 2012
 
Fund managers see Africa as next investment hotspot
INVESTMENT
More than one in two institutional investors see Africa as the most attractive region to invest in the next decade, with one in three expecting to put at least 5 percent of their portfolios into...
 
 
23 Jan 2012
 
 
 
A Dangerous Delay: The cost of late response to early warnings in the 2011 drought in the Horn of Africa (January 2012)
CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT
More than 13 million people are still affected by the crisis in the Horn of Africa. There were clear early warning signs many months in advance, yet there was insufficient response until it was far...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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