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Food prices rise but 2013 cereal crop looks strong

Global food prices rose in April for a third straight month as surging dairy costs kept upward pressure on the United Nations food agency's index, but cereal output is expected to be strong this...

Like Botswana, more countries should take steps to tackle the crime of aggression

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

On Monday 15 April, Botswana became the first African country to sign and ratify amendments to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) that could pave way for the prosecution of...

SA: Jeff Radebe: Address by the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, on the occasion of the conference on mob 'injustice', fraud and corruption awareness, Inguqu and Saint Steven's Parish, Port Elizabeth (21/04/2013)

SPEECH

Allow me to express my delight at being invited to make contribution on the ongoing discourse and efforts aimed at combating mob ‘injustice’, fraud and corruption in our beloved country. I must...

SA: Statement by AgriSA, agricultural trade association, welcomes World Farmers' view on trade (16/04/2013)

STATEMENT

"South and Southern Africa have a direct interest in a more equitable international trade dispensation for agriculture, considering the underdeveloped resources in the region and the opportunities...

IFAD: Statement by the International Fund for Agricultural Development, poverty alleviating organisation, on loan to bolster economic development in the State of Piauí in Brazil (09/04/2013)

STATEMENT

The loan agreement for the Semi-arid Sustainable Development Project was signed at IFAD headquarters today by Wilson Nunes Martins, Governor of the State of Piauí and Antonio Marques Porto e...

Brics: How seriously should we take it?

INSIGHT AFRICA

The last fortnight in South Africa has been dominated by the BRICS Forum in Durban and the killing of 13 South Africans soldiers in a clearly botched military exercise in the Central African...

Tackling Unemployment and Growing Public Debt (March 2013)

LABOUR

While global economic recovery remains anaemic, most industrialised countries continue to face growing unemployment and public debt. Average unemployment in the Organisation for Economic...

2013 Kenyan Election Outlook – What will the future hold?

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

The presidential elections in Kenya on 4 March will test the progress Kenyan society has made towards peace and stability after the highly contested and violent elections of 2007. The elections are...

FEDUSA: Statement by the Federation of Unions of South Africa, calls for truth in the State of the Nation Address (14/02/2013)

STATEMENT

The Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA) is calling on President Jacob Zuma to focus on the truth this evening during the State of the Nation Address (SONA). The Federation wants...

IFAD: Statement by the International Fund for Agricultural Development, poverty alleviating organisation, on election of IFAD president (11/02/2013)

STATEMENT

Against the backdrop of a world confronted with unprecedented challenges of food insecurity, volatile food prices, climate change and financial instability, representatives of 169 Member States of...

IFAD: Statement by the International Fund for Agricultural Development, poverty alleviating organisation, on remittances to be channelled to agricultural development (05/02/2013)

STATEMENT

Following the recent call by Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of the Federal Government of Somalia, to its diaspora abroad to invest in the reconstruction of the country, the International Fund for...

UK: David Cameron: Address by the British Prime Minister, on the future of the European Union and the United Kingdom, Europe (23/01/2013)

SPEECH

What Churchill described as the twin marauders of war and tyranny have been almost entirely banished from our continent. Today, hundreds of millions dwell in freedom, from the Baltic to the...

Blue industrialisation: Issues in aquaculture and Africa

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

A hallmark of modernity is the mastery of nature by man to fulfil needs, and the harnessing of technology to overcome the problem of scarcity.(2) Innovations in agriculture thousands of years ago...

New negotiations brokered by Sant’Egidio: Hope for peace in Casamance?

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

The resolution of the crisis in the Casamance, Senegal, that has been on hold since the ceasefire of 2005, has taken a new turn. Salif Sadio, leader of the northern faction of the armed branch of...

SA: Statement by the Inkatha Freedom Party, on Koos van der Merwe celebrating his 35th birthday as an Member of Parliament (29/11/2012)

STATEMENT

Van der Merwe was first elected to Parliament on 30 November 1977, under Prime Minister John Vorster, and is the longest-serving MP in South Africa. He has served under seven Heads of State,...

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