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South Africa should make its mark on security sector reform
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 4th December 2020 South Africa is today chairing an open debate on security sector reform (SSR) held by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The 3 December... →
Reinventing the Force Intervention Brigade
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 4th December 2020 After seven years in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) is about to lose its all-Southern African... →
North-South divide?
By: Terence Creamer 4th December 2020 Editorial Insight 4 December 2020 The energy policy stance of North Africa’s largest economy, Egypt, is not only increasingly aligned with the... →
The framing problem and judgment– how to be aware of how not to frame
By: Saliem Fakir 4th December 2020 For the human mind to cope with the world, it has to develop a set of frames of the world, or what can also be called heuristics. These sets of... →
No South African matric rewrite due to paper leaks, varsity acceptance unchanged 
By: Africa Check 3rd December 2020 “I was watching CNN news today and they said that the matric class of 2020 will rewrite all their exams in January due to the Leaking of papers... →
Verifying Kenyan governors’ claims of progress
By: Africa Check 3rd December 2020 While 2020 has been an uncertain year for many, Kenyan politicians remained predictable in at least one way: playing up their achievements in... →
African governments should have a fresh look at agriculture as part of the economic recovery plan after Covid-19
By: Econ3x3 3rd December 2020 The Covid-19 pandemic presents an opportunity for African governments to relook agriculture as part of the economic recovery plan. A new approach... →
COVID-19 vaccine trials in Africa: what's promising, and what's problematic
2nd December 2020 Scientists are working around the clock to develop and test vaccines against SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19. Experts agree that... →
High expectations for the next AU Commission chair
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 2nd December 2020 African leaders are set to elect a new African Union Commission (AUC) at the continental body’s next ordinary summit early in 2021. At the top of... →
Lives or livelihoods
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 2nd December 2020 The coronavirus crisis poses new and unprecedented challenges for every country, in particular developing nations. Our Chief Executive Elizabeth... →
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