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Global cooperation is essential if climate action is to be effective, amid the right-wing onslaught against multilateralism.
Most of the community radio stations operate on a survivalist level, and should be seen as struggling small, medium and micro enterprises.
Does South Africa have skeletons in the closet over the death of the UN Secretary-General?
A new round of elections offers an opportunity to strengthen civil and political freedoms.
Will the same electoral commission, so heavily criticised in the court’s ruling, improve its capacity and arrange more credible elections?
The challenge to deliver a persuasive speech comes firstly in the context of intense doubts as to whether President Ramaphosa is truly in charge of the ANC.
The Dos Santos family and their supporters claim they are the objects of political persecution.
Turkey harbours strong national ambitions, and a willingness to grow and use its military muscle alongside economic instruments.
Refugee legislation introduced after the end of apartheid was lauded as being progressive. But implementation has fallen short of international standards.
Moi’s financial generosity, skills in the vernacular, frequent tours of the countryside, and excellent memory for names and faces kept him popular with many.
In his new capacity as President of South Africa, FW de Klerk directly experienced for the first time how the international community had abandoned its support for minority white rule.
The Chinese model of peace differs fundamentally from that pursued by western nations.
Since the demand for resources far outmatches the patronage available, Lesotho’s political arena has become brutally competitive.
An oral history based biography of a survivor of colonial genocide in Namibia indicates instances of humanity during an entirely inhumane era.
Ramaphosa’s detractors are unlikely to succeed in their rumoured bid. And, their failure will not be because they’ve suddenly become weak within the administration.
In South Africa, state corruption has taken hold with utter disregard for ethics and democratic norms in a cynical exploitation of the post-apartheid transformation agenda.
Can the key external enablers of Libya’s conflict also be peacemakers?
Ramaphosa is constrained by his tenuous control over South Africa’s governing party, the ANC.
The task team established to investigate political killings in KwaZulu-Natal has had little impact on exposing those behind the violence.
Unless member states try to solve the contradictions in expectations, UN peacekeeping will not be fit for purpose in the future.
The precedent-setting ruling may cause jitters in dysfunctional municipalities around the country.
The World Bank’s latest report on Nigeria deserved closer scrutiny, just like the opinions of economic experts outside government.
Compared to other politicians who tend to be indirect and evasive, Nkrumah was direct, explicit and assertive.
The number of personnel deployed in UN peacekeeping has slowly been decreasing.