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Last month, I went to Andrews Air Force Base and welcomed home some of our last troops to serve in Iraq. Together, we offered a final, proud salute to the colors under which more than a million of...
With the death on 20 October of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya enters a new and precarious phase. This special SAIIA feature addresses a series of inter-related internal, regional, and international...
For centuries conflict and resources have been intrinsically interlinked.(2) In the present era, the fight for resources continues to be a feature of contemporary conflict. Most notable are the...
“From the cowardice which shrinks from new truth, from the laxness that is content with half-truth, from the arrogance that thinks it knows all truth, oh God of truth, deliver us!”(2) When it...
China and India have often been portrayed as predators seeking natural resources all over the world, and their presence across the African continent is especially noticeable now. During the process...
Amidst daily media updates on the advances of Libyan rebels and abounding speculation on the erstwhile dictator’s whereabouts, those with financial interests in the country and those seeking...
For a number of reasons, it is too early to speculate what the result of Libya’s transition out of Gaddafi-era authoritarian politics and toward good governance might look like. Or, for that...
On July 6th the Namibian mines and energy minister, Isak Katali, announced the discovery of vast oil reserves off the Southern Namibian coast. This discovery has created huge expectations in...
Africa has traditionally been characterised by conflict and underdevelopment, and unfortunately when Cold War scrambling subsided to civil conflict and dictatorship rule, development was only...
Since the beginning of February 2011, the northern region of Africa has witnessed a series of political protests aiming to oust current political leaders. The wind of change started in Tunisia,...
The South Sudan Referendum Commission made the final results of the referendum public in Khartoum on February 7, 2011. It reported that more than 2 million people voted for secession from the North...
The South Sudan Referendum Commission made the final results of the referendum public in Khartoum on February 7, 2011. It reported that more than 2 million people voted for secession from the North...
Over 30 000 South Africans obtained their identity documents or other forms of identification so as to register for the coming local government elections; South Sudan votes overwhelmingly to...
In the likely event that South Sudan secedes from the North to form its own sovereign state, it is inevitable that the two separate countries will have to cooperate and manage their strategic...