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Carbon trading: The real threat facing Africa?
By: In On Africa IOA 14th September 2010 Amidst current initiatives to mitigate global warming such as reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD projects),... →
The African Ministerial Conference on the Environment: A Report on Africa’s Future Environmental Affairs Strategies
By: In On Africa IOA 10th September 2010 Africa faces increasingly complex challenges that demand urgent action from its best technological minds and international partners. The... →
One rule for the West and another for the rest? Oil spills in the Niger Delta versus the Gulf of Mexico 
By: In On Africa IOA 8th September 2010 The April 2010 British Petroleum (BP) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has caused global outrage, eliciting quick political, financial, legal and... →
Graffiti devalues communities
By: Amy Witherden 7th September 2010 On Sunday, July 18, while the Dabulamanzi Canoe Club was conducting a cleanup of Emmarentia dam, a graffiti "artist" was interrupted in the act of... →
Conflict chocolate: Your role in Cote d'Ivoire’s war
By: In On Africa IOA 6th September 2010 Cote d'Ivoire gained its independence in 1960 and thereafter enjoyed three decades of stability under President Felix Houphouët-Boigny. The... →
African Union investigation of Al-Bashir: A delay of justice or a display of sovereignty?
By: In On Africa IOA 3rd September 2010 The continent of Africa exists amidst a plethora of political, socio-economic and environmental quandaries and is resultantly often the subject of... →
Forget the Olympics: Let's focus on internal politics
By: Denis Worrall 3rd September 2010 In the last Insight I speculated positively on South Africa's chances of pitching for and being awarded the 2020 Olympic Games. I was writing in... →
Inequality and industry
By: Seeraj Mohamed 3rd September 2010 South Africa ranks among the top most unequal societies in the world. We know that our colonial and apartheid past of racial oppression and... →
Looking East in earnest: The evolution of Zimbabwe and China’s relationship
By: In On Africa IOA 31st August 2010 Zimbabwe and China held the eighth session of the Zimbabwe-China Joint Permanent Commission in July 2010. The session ended with both countries... →
The looming threat of xenophobia in South Africa
By: In On Africa IOA 27th August 2010 In 2008, xenophobic attacks broke out across over South Africa, starting in the town of Alexandria on May 12.(2) Although the country has struggled... →
