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Will Ramaphosa’s new reform timetable save Thabane’s skin?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 12th July 2019 South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, the Southern African Development Community’s official facilitator of Lesotho’s reforms, visited that... →
Plastic poses a major environmental threat: but is it being over-stated?
12th July 2019 There is no doubt that plastic affects the environment badly. But a trend has developed in the reporting on the impact of plastics that’s not only... →
High impact
By: Terence Creamer 12th July 2019 Britain’s got Brexit, America has Trump and South Africa’s got corruption. When such powerful single-issue themes permeate just about every... →
Spat over toll roads in South Africa shows poor people don't count
11th July 2019 Most South Africans are poor. But this does not prevent politicians treating them as though they don’t exist. The invisibility of poor people in... →
Reform of Libya’s security sector must not fail again
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 11th July 2019 Successive Libyan governments and the international community have worked for eight years to stabilise and reform the country’s security sector.... →
Yes, Kenya’s county funding based on five-year-old national revenue figures
By: Africa Check 11th July 2019 A push to amend Kenya’s constitution continues to simmer, with backers of a draft bill saying they have the required million signatures supporting... →
Why South Africa should revert to greater protection for some of its industries
11th July 2019 After years of relative silence, debates about the pros and cons of tariffs in international trade have become a regular feature. The renewed... →
Economics of terrorism in Lake Chad Basin
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 10th July 2019 In the Lake Chad Basin region, which includes Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria, economic viability and control is as important to extremist... →
‘African states among most innovative in measuring & reporting on SDG 16’
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 10th July 2019 African states are among the most innovative and committed countries in measuring and reporting on the UN’s Governance Goal (Sustainable... →
Saving Lake Victoria means going after the big fish
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 9th July 2019 Illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing is threatening the survival of Lake Victoria’s fish populations, and is putting local livelihoods at... →
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