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Two thirds of working age youth in some developing countries are either unemployed or trapped in low-quality jobs, according to the International Labour Organisation Global Employment Trends for...
Africa has had a long, faltered journey with regard to establishing democracies, as many nations have suffered through decades of autocratic rulers and repeated coups d'état. Recently, Africa...
Read about Forsys Metals’ “encouraging” results from a recent drilling campaign in Namibia; Jupiter Mines’ transport agreement with Transnet; and Balamara Resources’ invitation to attend...
The term 'diaspora' refers to a community formed as a result of the dispersion of a people from their homeland. Such people would have been induced or forced to leave their country, a process that...
This paper discusses France’s military intervention in Mali and the factors that led to France taking the lead of the first phase of the intervention. The security situation in Mali deteriorated...
South Africa has offered to host the 17th Conference of Parties of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES COP17) in 2016.
South Africa...
South Africa’s rhino population has been at the centre of international attention for the last five years. Our government, ordinary citizens, private sector (rhino owners), non-governmental...
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) secretariat and the East African Development Bank (EADB) have signed a partnership agreement to establish a regional collaboration...
The history of the African Union (AU) started on 25 May 1963, when its predecessor, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), was established in Addis Ababa.(2) The preamble of the OAU Charter...
African maritime insecurity, particularly in connection with acts of piracy, has constituted an important field of study for security researchers in recent years. It has also frequently made local...
The 20th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union, on 28 January adopted five (5) decisions on the appointment of Members and Judges elected during the 22nd Ordinary Session of Executive...
In an apparent attempt to replicate their successes of last year, Islamist rebels in northern Mali launched fresh attacks on government positions in early January. These attacks resulted in another...
A number of African countries have attempted to consolidate their democracies by scheduling presidential and Parliamentary elections in 2012. Egypt’s Parliamentary and presidential elections...
Premature Birth is a hidden crisis. The tragic facts are that a baby dies every second across the Globe.15 million babies are born each year to preterm birth and over 1 million babies die each...
1. The Sudan-South Sudan Consultative Forum (SSSCF), initially established as the
Sudan Consultative Forum on 8 May 2010, held its fifth meeting at United Nations (UN)
Headquarters in New York, on...