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Securing Africa's natural resources to avoid conflict

One of the many challenges posed by the exploitation of natural resources in Africa is its potential for conflict – both internal and between states. At a recent meeting in Harare, African...

Too many cooks spoil the broth: Somalia’s path to stability

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

On 12 April 2013, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ended its 22-year break in relations with Somalia by recognising the new government there. The IMF spokesman said that “the decision is...

Kaberuka urges sub-Saharan Africa to push GDP growth to 10%

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Sub-Saharan Africa has been growing steadily over the past few years, but needs to push up its growth rate to 10%, African Development Bank (AfDB) president Donald Kaberuka believes. He told a...

From fear to hope – Getting it right in Somalia

African Development Bank

It has been two decades of mayhem, chaos and bloodletting in Somalia. A child born at the onset of the Somali crisis is now twenty one. Somalia has still a long way to go: the Al Shabaab are...

South Africa after the Central African Republic: Saving the African agenda

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

When the bodies of United States army rangers were dragged through the streets of Mogadishu in 1993, American public opinion could not comprehend why their compatriots had to die for Somalia....

SA: Statement by Department of International Relations and Cooperation, South African government condemns killing of civilians in Mogadishu (15/04/2013)

STATEMENT

The South African Government is deeply shocked at the violent attacks that took place on Sunday, 14 April 2013, in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, resulting in the deaths of more than 34 civilians...

Daily podcast – April 15, 2013.

PODCAST

ANC integrity committee member Frene Ginwala says fighting corruption in the African National Congress will be a "battle. This comes after the integrity committee was established and had its...

Tensions over the Jubaland process in Somalia could embolden Al-Shabaab

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

In the battle against Islamist fighters in Somalia, the liberation of Kismayo in October 2012 was symbolic of the progress made in ridding the country of Al-Shabaab’s influence. The port city and...

Hostages of the Gatekeepers: Abuses against the internally displaced in Mogadishu, Somalia (April 2013)

HUMAN RIGHTS

The 80-page Human Rights Watch report details serious violations, including physical attacks, restrictions on movement and access to food and shelter, and clan-based discrimination against the...

Stabilising northern Mali: different approaches to peace operations

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

In November 2012, M23 rebels overran the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) army’s defences and captured the eastern city of Goma, raising the spectre of a new, large-scale conflict with...

Daily podcast – February 6, 2013.

PODCAST

Statistics South Africa says the country needs a policy discussion on the stagnant unemployment rate.

SA: Jacob Zuma: Address by the President of the Republic of South Africa, for the Presentation of Credentials Ceremony, Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guest House, Pretoria (29/01/2013)

SPEECH

South Africa attaches great importance to the building of close and cordial relations of friendship and mutual co-operation with other countries.

The African Union: A noble idea or an effective provider of peace and security on the African continent?

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The history of the African Union (AU) started on 25 May 1963, when its predecessor, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), was established in Addis Ababa.(2) The preamble of the OAU Charter...

African elections review 2012

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

A number of African countries have attempted to consolidate their democracies by scheduling presidential and Parliamentary elections in 2012. Egypt’s Parliamentary and presidential elections...

Somalia: New Team, Old Hurdles

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

Barring any significant opposition in parliament, Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon’s ten nominees for Somalia’s post-transition cabinet could be the ones to promote and sustain the...

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