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President Jacob Zuma - Address to the South Africa-India Business Forum
The Presidency, Pretoria, 8 July 2016 President Jacob Zuma Address to the South Africa-India Business Forum Your Excellency Prime Minister of India, Narendra ModiMinisters in attendanceSouth African and Indian Business …
APO News Release - 'Brexit Impact on Africa'
8 July 2016 The short-term implications of Brexit for African economies will be mainly noticeable through market volatility. However, according to Control Risks and NKC African Economics, the longer-term impacts on Africa from Brexit are …
AMEC Insights - Tunisian Ennahda's 'second founding'
3 July 2016 Ennahda’s Tenth Congress in May 2016 was a leap of faith into re-endorsing the movement’s historical leadership as well as learning to ‘Tunisify’ its specific brand of Islamism – or whatever is left of it. The stakes are high, …
'Brexit Is Bad News for Africa. Period.' by Alex de Waal
27 June 2016 The British diplomatic corps is in a state of shock. Overnight, Great Britain has been reduced to Little England and the country’s global stature has shrunk by a fraction far greater than the economic losses registered on the …
Statement from Minister Lindiwe Zulu on the Impact of Violence on Small Businesses
Department of Small Business Development, Statement, 26 June 2016 Ms Lindiwe Zulu Minister of the Republic for Small Business Development, on Impact of Violence on Small Businesses “I condemn looting of small businesses in Tshwane in the …
MSF internal review of the February 2016 attack on the Malakal Protection of Civilians
June 2016 Violence erupted between internally displaced persons (IDPs) of different ethnic groups in a Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in Malakal, South Sudan, on 17 February 2016 and continued until the next afternoon. There are strong …
Pambazuka News Special Issue: Financing development in Africa
23 June 2016 A special issue of Pambazuka Newsentitled ‘Financing development in Africa’ is now available. This special issue of Pambazuka News brings you analysis and commentary by experts, most based on the continent, outlining what it …
EU signs Economic Partnership Agreement with Southern African countries
The European Union and six countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) today signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), the first of its kind between the EU and an African region pursuing economic integration. The …
President Jacob Zuma to visit Lesotho
The Presidency, Pretoria, Media Statement, 7 June 2016 His Excellency President Jacob Zuma will travel to Lesotho on 9 June 2016 to consult on matters relating to the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). The consultations are a follow up …
"General Bashir is Copying and Pasting the Darfur Genocide Experience into Blue Nile": Yasir Arman
Yasir Arman, Secretary General of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), has released a press statement appealing to the international community to “reassess the humanitarian and human rights situations in Sudan”. In the …
Op-Ed: An African identity we all aspire to
SADC BIG Campaign Coordinator Nkateko Chauke explores how we can achieve pan-Africanist ideals through the introduction of a universal cash transfer, predominantly funded through extractive industries, in an op-ed published by Daily …
BDS South Africa Newsletter: Africa Day - International Solidarity Over the Years
BDS South Africa marked and celebrated Africa Day with a newsletter focussing on the long standing and consistent solidarity offered by African people and countries against colonialism and apartheid - on the African continent and beyond. To …
Homophobia and the Churches in Africa
29 April 2016 A regional dialogue of more than 100 participants representing church-based lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) groups, interested ministers from local congregations and church leadership structures, …
Pambazuka News Special Issue: Africa and the drama of migration
*21 April 2016* A special issue of Pambazuka News entitled ‘Africa and the drama of migration’ is now available. Migration is as old as Africa itself. People have always moved in search of a better life. The economic crisis in Africa …
President Jacob Zuma Arrives in Swaziland
*The Presidency, 21 April 2016* President Jacob Zuma has today, 21 April 2016, arrived in the Kingdom of Swaziland for consultation with His Majesty King Mswati III on matters relating to Southern African Customs Union (SACU). The President …
BDS South Africa Newsletter: highlights from Israeli Apartheid Week campaign in South Africa
The latest newsletter from BDS South Africa is now available online with a recap of some of the highlights from the 12th Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) campaign held in South Africa from 7 to 13 March. The newsletter includes details of the …
A Stellenbosch University professor has been elected to serve on the UN Committee on Economic‚ Social and Cultural Rights
Sandra Liebenberg‚ who occupies the HF Oppenheimer chair in human rights law in the university’s law faculty‚ was nominated by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation in recognition of her “extensive experience in human …
Europe and Africa benefit when they work together
8 April 2016 As we face the challenges of the 21st century, there is more that unites Africa and Europe than divides us. We share a common history of thousands of years. Today more than ever, we need to work together to build our common …
Sexual abuse by French soldiers and UN peacekeepers in Central African Republic: Ask your questions LIVE
According to the Code Blue campaign, at least 98 girls in Central African Republic reported they were sexually abused by French soldiers and UN peacekeepers, and three girls told U.N. staff they were tied up, undressed, and forced to have …
Media Statement - CAR Elections
Media Statement - CAR Elections
