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20 May 2013
                       
 
 
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13 May 2013
 
 
Sudan says South Sudan helped rebels attacking major town
ATTACKS
Sudan accused South Sudan of having supported rebels who launched a major assault two weeks ago, warning this could derail recent oil and security agreements between the African neighbours, state...
 
 
16 Apr 2013
 
IMF report forecasts slower SA growth, three-speed global recovery
ECONOMY
The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) report forecasts a growth rate of 2.8%for South Africa during 2013, rising slightly to only 3.3% in 2014, owing to...
 
 
23 Apr 2012
 
Conflict in Sudan: The logic of war and the current illogical response
OPINION
The recent escalation in fighting along the ill defined border between the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan, has lead to both an increase in accusations and propaganda from the...
 
 
02 Apr 2012
 
 
 
South Sudan: Nation building through a pipeline and how it impacts on the balancing act of regional politics
OPINION
On the 9th of July 2011 the Republic of South Sudan gained legal sovereignty through independence. Scarcely six months later president Salva Kiir and the ruling Sudanese Peoples Liberation Movement...
 
 
02 Feb 2012
 
Iran’s diplomatic and economic lifeline in Africa
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
Iran’s nuclear programme has for a long time been at the centre of the world’s attention. Looking more closely at Iran’s position in the world, and the continuing diplomatic conflict between...
 
 
21 Apr 2011
 
Gaddafi’s bedfellows: The price of an extended leadership in Africa
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
As the winds of change blow across North Africa, it is howling a firestorm in the direction of the conundrum that is Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. The longest serving leader in Africa and the Arab...
 
 
01 Mar 2011
 
Libya’s Oil Makes all the Difference
SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
As a new wave of democratisation breaks on Africa’s northern shores, the common goals of the Maghreb’s people are hitting up against starkly different types of state. The situation in Libya is...
 
 
25 Feb 2011
 
Petrol price to go up 43c/l next week
FUEL PRICE
The price of petrol and diesel will rise sharply next week, with inland consumers set to pay 43c/l more for petrol and between 63c/l and 64c/l more for diesel from Wednesday. The increases were...
 
 
11 Jan 2011
 
The impact of China’s presence in the Horn of Africa: Human rights, oil and weapons
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
In recent years, China has strengthened its economic ties with Africa through colossal investment in natural resources extraction, oil, infrastructure projects, construction, textile and other...
 
 
25 Jul 2008
 
Libya halts Swiss oil sales in Gaddafi arrest row
LIBYA
Libya suspended oil sales to Switzerland on Thursday over the arrest of a son of Muammar Gaddafi, shipping workers said, punishing what the OPEC member state called a "horrible crime" against its...
 
 
25 Feb 2003
 
Saddam squeezed between disarmament and war
News
President Saddam Hussein is trapped between the demands of the UN disarmament process that continues to sap his hold on power and the threat of a US-led military offensive to oust him, diplomats...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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