South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. GCIS December 8, 2019 Frank review of South African foreign policy over 25 years John J Stremlau, University of the Witwatersrand The country’s national interest and human rights remain the two topics bedevilling South Africa’s foreign policy.
AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Flickr/Embassy of Equatorial Guinea March 12, 2019 African peer review: progress is being made, but there are problems Yarik Turianskyi, University of Pretoria The African Peer Review Mechanism got off to a good start, but enthusiasm soon waned.
Elections, and observer processes are a big priority in Africa. UN Photo/Flickr December 2, 2018 Taking Africa’s democratic temperature as a dozen countries prepare for polls John J Stremlau, University of the Witwatersrand Surveys shows that the majority of Africans prefer democracy, despite its flaws, to the alternatives.