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24 May 2013
                       
 
 
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16 May 2013
 
 
SA must shift to ‘manufacturing economy’, not ‘knowledge economy’ – Merseta
MANUFACTURING
Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Education and Training Authority (Merseta) CEO Raymond Patel on Thursday challenged government’s National Development Plan (NDP) vision of shifting...
 
 
25 Apr 2013
 
UK opens makeshift Somalia embassy in Western vote of confidence
EMBASSY
In a sign of growing optimism that Somalia is winning a struggle against pirates and al Qaeda-linked insurgents, Britain opened an embassy on Thursday in a set of four metal cabins at Mogadishu...
 
 
24 Apr 2013
 
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...
 
 
16 Apr 2013
 
DA: Statement by Annette Lovemore, DA Shadow Minister of Basic Education, on South Africa’s Maths and Science education rank in the World Economic Forum Global Information Technology Report 2013 (16/04/2013)
STATEMENT
The recently released World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Information Technology Report 2013 ranks South Africa’s Maths and Science education second last in the world, only ahead of Yemen. It...
 
 
11 Apr 2013
 
SA ICT sector ranked 70 on WEF index
ICT
South Africa ticked up two notches in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF’s) latest Global Information Technology Report of which the Networked Readiness Index was central; but a number of factors...
 
 
02 Apr 2013
 
Environmental drones: The newest weapon in the arsenal against poachers
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
Over the past decade, drones (2) have played a large role in the American war on terror.(3) Drones are often discussed in the context of extra-judicial killings,(4) loss of privacy,(5) and...
 
 
12 Mar 2013
 
 
 
'Look at Us with a Merciful Eye' – Juvenile Offenders Awaiting Execution in Yemen (March 2013)
HUMAN RIGHTS
The 30-page report found that at least 22 individuals have been sentenced to death despite evidence that they were under age 18 at the time of their alleged crimes. In the last five years, Yemen...
 
 
06 Mar 2013
 
Arms for Alms: Africa and its story of illicit trade in small arms
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
Illicit trade of any form whatsoever affects both developing and developed nations alike. To add to it, if small arms are traded, the gravity of the situation tends to burgeon exponentially. Over...
 
 
15 Feb 2013
 
 
 
Unpunished Massacre: Yemen’s Failed Response to the 'Friday of Dignity' Killings (February 2013)
HUMAN RIGHTS
This 69-page Human Rights Watch report found that Yemen's previous government’s criminal investigation government, into the shooting of demonstrators during the so-called Friday of Dignity...
 
 
17 Jan 2013
 
Food security: What does this mean for Africa?
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
Food security is a challenge in both the developing and the developed world; the difference lies in the magnitude of the problem and the proportion of the population that is affected.(2) Within...
 
 
06 Dec 2012
 
 
 
Daily podcast – December 6, 2012.
PODCAST
China led developing nations on Wednesday in demanding that rich countries give details of a promised surge in aid to $100-billion a year by 2020 to help the poor cope with global warming.
 
 
05 Dec 2012
 
WB: Statement by the World Bank, asserts that urgent action on climate change is needed in the Arab world (05/12/2012)
STATEMENT
The impact of climate change will be especially acute in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, according to a new World Bank Group report, and immediate action will be needed to avoid the...
 
 
05 Nov 2012
 
Stepping forward or stepping back? An overview of Women’s rights in relation to the Arab Uprisings - Part 2
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
The events which make up the so-called ‘Arab Spring’ mark a significant chapter in modern history. In less than two years, four dictators have been deposed, regimes are slowly being dismantled...
 
 
30 Oct 2012
 
SA: Statement by Ebrahim Ebrahim, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, on developments in the international relations field (29/10/2012)
STATEMENT
Let me begin by announcing that I will be travelling to Gurgaon, India to participate in the 12th Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation...
 
 
19 Oct 2012
 
Stepping forward or stepping back? An overview of women’s rights in relation to the Arab Uprisings - Part 1
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
From the ban on women’s driving in Saudi Arabia, to the social stigmas which fuel honour killings, to the ever-controversial issue of the hijab (headscarf), women’s rights in the Middle East...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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