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Daily podcast – May 16, 2013.

Thomson Reuters head of business development for commodities and energy in Africa Michel Karera said Africa needed to invest heavily in its infrastructure if it is to grow its oil and gas...

Investment in infrastructure key to unlocking Africa’s oil and gas potential

OIL & GAS

Africa needs to invest heavily in its infrastructure if it is to grow its oil and gas production, as well as increase demand for these energy resources, Thomson Reuters head of business development...

World Bank says gives Uganda $100m for economic reforms

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The World Bank said on Wednesday it had approved $100-million worth of credit for Uganda to help boost its economic growth and jobs, relieving fiscal pressure on the east African country squeezed...

SA: Marthinus van Schalkwyk: Address by the Minister of Tourism, during the Tourism Department Budget Vote 2013/14, National Assembly, Parliament (14/05/2013)

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Chairperson, South Africa consists of a tapestry of interwoven cultures, and the world’s eyes have opened up like never before to the beauty, diversity of experiences and the endless...

SA: Marthinus Van Schalkwyk: Address by the Minister of Tourism, at the opening ceremony of Indaba 2013, Kwa Zulu-Natal (12/05/2013)

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Ladies and gentlemen, I am privileged to join you again this year, and am excited to be here today. Two weeks ago, we were at the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town with the President,...

SA military flexes muscles ahead of Congo mission

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South Africa's air force showed off its military might on Thursday with precision bombing and helicopter gunships firing fusillades of rockets just days ahead of an unprecedented "peace enforcing"...

Congo rebels prepare to face UN force with mandate to attack

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Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - In forested hills in eastern Congo, rebels are honing their ambush skills to prepare to face a new United Nations force which has a mandate to go on the...

Although Africa's peace and security regime is promising, serious challenges remain

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

One of the ambitions of pan-Africanism is the realisation of what Ali Mazrui, the renowned Kenyan political scientist, called Pax Africana, a peace ‘that is protected and maintained by Africa...

The treatment of minorities in Africa: A case study of Pygmies in Central Africa

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

“The aim of a democracy is to safeguard the rights of the minority and avoid the tyranny of the majority.”(2) This quote, from the American philosopher Cornel West, has enlightening...

Piecing it together: The status of health systems in post-conflict African countries

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Africa has been plagued by conflicts since the colonial era, and long thereafter. In the period between the 1960s and the 1990s, 48 African countries experienced about 80 violent changes of...

South Africa and the UN Intervention Brigade in the DRC

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

The attention of the world has recently been focused on the humanitarian tragedy of the violent conflict being pursued by various armed groups in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of...

Ethiopia's answer to aid dependency: The flower export industry

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The concept of economic development has been, and remains, highly debated on a global scale. Development economics aims to incorporate all social, political and environmental dimensions into...

SA: Statement by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, joint statement following 2015 Review Conference on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (24/04/2013)

STATEMENT

Our countries are deeply concerned about the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons. While this has been known since nuclear weapons were first developed and is reflected in...

Daily podcast – April 23, 2013.

PODCAST

Communications Minister Dina Pule on Monday shot back at reports published in the Sunday Times, claiming that the “persistent smear campaign” against her was a result of a failed blackmail...

Resource geopolitics fuelling external rivalry in the CAR

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

The South African deployment in the Central African Republic (CAR) which created a political firestorm at home, came to a precipitous end when President Zuma announced the forces’ withdrawal on 3...

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