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Corporate social responsibility as a tool for sustainable development in Africa: How important is context?

The paper discusses the importance of a proper alignment of corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies and programmes with operating context if ‘real’ sustainable development as a key...

Daily Podcast – June 05, 2012

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South African public service workers negotiating annual pay increases have rejected a 6.5% hike on offer, saying that it does not take into account the "devastating effects" of increasing inflation...

Oil companies and their human rights (ir)responsibilities

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

In recent years, gas and oil discoveries have been made on the African continent in countries such as Mozambique,(2) Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda and on prospected fields in Kenya, Mali and Sierra...

Peace and Security Council Report – May 2012

PEACE & SECURITY

Mali, a country regarded as one of Africa’s more promising democracies has experienced a coup against its democratically elected government and a series of security and political crises in recent...

Mining nationalism in Africa: Justified redistribution of wealth or an obstacle to growth?

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Historically Africa’s vast natural resources have been a driving factor for colonisation and imperialism. Still today, the true extent of Africa’s wealth of resources remains uncertain....

Cosatu: Statement by Patrick Craven, Congress of South African Trade Unions spokesperson, condemning US sanctions (25/03/2012)

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The Congress of South African Trade Unions strongly condemns the United States’ unilateral sanctions against Iran and its attempts to bully countries to cut imports of Iranian oil, with...

Commodities as a blessing and a curse: The potential for a sub-Saharan Spring

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

As the Arab Spring awaits the outcomes of the elections in Egypt and the unrest in Syria, the world media has once again turned its attention toward Iran’s controversial nuclear ambitions. As the...

Post-Gaddafi Libya: Internal, Regional and International Security Implications

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

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...

Sudan all About Natural Resources Conflicts

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

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...

Sudan all About Natural Resources Conflicts

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

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...

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...

An oily triangle: Relations between Sudan, South Sudan and China

Consultancy Africa Intelligence

On 9 January 2011, the Republic of Sudan went to vote in a landmark referendum that would ultimately result in the landslide decision by a largely Christian South Sudan to secede from their...

What does the future hold? Understanding southern Sudan’s (likely) march to statehood

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Depending on the view one subscribes to, the number of states in Africa can either be 53 or 54. The reason for this state of confusion stems from Morocco's withdrawal from the Organisation of...

Resource wars and the world outside

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Many of the contemporary conflicts in Africa are characterised by the exploitation of and conflict over valued and lucrative natural resources. These resources include oil, water, natural gas,...

One rule for the West and another for the rest? Oil spills in the Niger Delta versus the Gulf of Mexico

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The April 2010 British Petroleum (BP) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has caused global outrage, eliciting quick political, financial, legal and environmental action and visible results. The...

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