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International law provides pathways for landlocked countries to access the sea but this depends almost entirely on striking deals with neighbours.
South African legislators need to be vigilant against possible abuses of surveillance.
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The bill seeks greater intelligence powers but neglects oversight.
Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in an Israeli airstrike.
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There is precedent showing the ICJ may grant provisional measures within a month or two of the hearing, preventing Israel from causing further harm in Gaza.
Created in 2014, the G5 Sahel security alliance is about to be dissolved after members pulled out.
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Foreign powers’ interest in the Sahel is driven by its natural resources and strategic location for security and illegal migration control.
Youth-targeted strategies are part of the authoritarian rule book in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Uganda and Ethiopia.
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Africa’s youth are not countering the deepening of autocratisation across the continent.
M23 rebels in Kibumba in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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The new intervention force must be sizeable, and have proper air cover as well as transport and air elements. None are guaranteed.
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the Cairo Summit for Peace in October 2023.
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s messages, and tone of delivery, suggest an assertive leader representing the interests of the global south.
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Anna “Kakurukaze” Mungunda became the most widely acknowledged face of the resistance to the apartheid policy of forced removal.
West Africa is struggling to deal with increasing terrorist attacks.
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The terrorism discourse in Ghana shows how flawed views of the war on terror continue to shape thinking about security.
People lie dead in the aftermath of the unprovoked shooting of peaceful protesters.
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Despite its historic importance, Sharpeville itself has remained unknown and its residents anonymous, yet they have a story to tell.
German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier with Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu Hassan in October 2023.
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The evidence suggests that atrocities committed against civilians and communities were indeed intended to destroy an identifiable group.
A fire burns during violent protests in Kampala, Uganda, on 18 November 2020.
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State security agents violently quashed protests following the 2020 arrest of musician-turned-politician Bobi Wine.
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The very low public trust in the Ghanaian police suggests a crisis of legitimacy.
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Pretoria needs to pull off a balancing act in managing South Africa’s international relations to advance its economic interests.
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Ahtisaari’s role in Namibia was crucial. But he left a major legacy in pursuing peace in various places of conflict in his later life too.
A group of soldiers from the Niger gendarmerie at the gendarmerie school on 11 January 2023 in Niamey, Niger.
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Ecowas’ threats to intervene militarily in Niger played a role in the creation of the Alliance of Sahel States, whose members have pledged to assist each other in the event of aggression.
The aftermath of an Israeli retaliatory bombing of Gaza following surprise deadly attacks by Hamas.
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Support for the Palestinian cause has remained a steadfast element of South African foreign policy since the ANC came into power in 1994.
Aziz Pahad in Tehran in 2004. He was South Africa’s deputy foreign minister at the time.
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South Africa will miss having a “diplomat-scholar” of his calibre to turn to for sage advice.
South Africa’s German built submarine, the Manthatisi.
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South Africa is a large peninsula on the strategic Cape sea route. Some 90% of its trade flows through its harbours. The navy defends the country’s sovereignty and national interests.
Children wave peace doves at a concert for peace in Bogota, Colombia, in August 2022.
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While Americans tend not to use the word “peace,” and instead opt for terms like “safety and security,” their desires and fears are not so different from what people in war-torn places express.