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As Antonovs from bases in Sudan continue to miss their targets amidst the ear-splitting sounds of AK47s in parts of the disputed border areas between Sudan and South Sudan, it is perhaps only the...
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...
Angola is due to hold presidential and parliamentary elections next year, and all indications are that tensions are mounting amidst varied incidents of political upheaval ahead of the polls. Both...
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...
After an embarrassing delay and countless assurances that polls would take place unimpeded, Nigeria has had to postpone its general election onApril 2 by a week owing to logistical complexities....
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...
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...
The latest Presidential elections in Equatorial Guinea echo the previous elections with the incumbent Theodoro Obiang Nguema, of the Democratic Party for Equatorial Guinea (PDGE), dominating the...
Speaking notes for the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aziz
Pahad, at the press briefing of the International Relations, Peace
and Security (IRPS) Cluster, Media Centre, Union Buildings,
Pretoria
When Nigeria, proud holder of the title of the most populous nation
in Africa, goes to the polls this weekend it will be watched keenly
from across a troubled continent, analysts say
For many oil-producing developing countries and countries in
transition, petroleum revenues make up a substantial share of gross
domestic product, national and state budgets, and foreign exchange...