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The new ECOWAS Counter-Terrorism Strategy and its implications for West Africa

West African leaders have vowed to leave no stone unturned in their fight against terrorism. On 27 and 28 February 2013 this vow was embodied in the Political Declaration on a Common Position...

The new ECOWAS Counter-Terrorism Strategy and its implications for West Africa

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

West African leaders have vowed to leave no stone unturned in their fight against terrorism. On 27 and 28 February 2013 this vow was embodied in the Political Declaration on a Common Position...

WTO: Pascal Lamy: Address by the World Trade Organisation Director General, at the IISS-Oberoi Discussion Forum, Delhi (29/01/2013)

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India’s trade volumes have registered healthy growth. Indian companies have thrived at home, and steadily expanded their presence abroad. Without downplaying the enormity of the challenges India...

Davos: Christine Lagarde: Address by the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, on a new global economy for a new generation, Davos, Switzerland (23/01/2013)

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I know we are all still deeply concerned with the state of the global economy. Where do we stand? Well, thanks to policy actions taken over the past year, we have seen some respite and some...

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From Mali and militants to piracy and petroleum: The evolving nature of Arabian Gulf states’ influence in Africa

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The formidable presence of ‘new’ global super powers such as China and India on the African continent has tended to dominate headlines and analysis; yet the role the countries of the Arabian...

Hope and Uncertainty as Algerians Go to Vote

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

On May 10th, parliamentary elections will be held in Algeria. These elections are not only marked by an early campaign that started in January, but they could also bring profound changes. Key to...

SA: Nkoana-Mashabane: Address by the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, at the Ministerial meeting of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union, Bamako (20/03/2012)

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Your Excellency, dear brother, friend and Prime Minister of Mali, the Chair of our Meeting, Foreign Minister of Benin, who is representing the Chair of the African Union (AU), Other representatives...

Africa in 2012: Will the dynamics of governance change?

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The political landscape of Africa in 2011 was largely defined by the protests in North Africa, which eventually led to the overthrow of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia, Hosni Mubarak in Egypt...

Hope for Reviving the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA)

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

On January 23rd, 2012, the Moroccan Foreign Minister, Saad-Eddine Al-Othmani met with his Algerian counterpart Mourad Medelci in Algiers. For those acquainted with North Africa political affairs,...

After the political dust-up in Libya: deepening the Europe-Africa dialogue

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

On the eve of the first year anniversary of the Arab uprisings, it is useful to reflect on the state of EU-Africa relations, particularly in the aftermath of the prominent role played by key EU...

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...

The role of mass media in armed conflict: A Libyan case study

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

“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...

The Libyan revolution: Thoughts on a post-Gaddafi era of African integration

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The first decade of the 21st century, especially as it relates to the quest for continental integration, belonged to Muammar Gaddafi. Like Kwame Nkrumah before him, Gaddafi dominated the discourse...

Post-Election Reflection: Morocco’s 2011 Constitutional Referendum

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

With the ongoing calls for more democratic regimes throughout North Africa, it was only a matter of time before Moroccans would heed the call. In an effort to prevent the same scale of escalating...

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