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Madagascar - 1 April 2015
Madagascar: Disaster-Prone Madagascar Battles Flooding and Drought “Authorities in Madagascar are struggling to respond to increasingly severe flooding in the central highlands region of the country that includes the capital, Antananarivo, …
Western Sahara - 1 April 2015
AU maintains its principled position on Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination “The African Union (AU) affirmed that it maintains its principled position on the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination and the decolonization …
Somalia - 1 April 2015
Somalia hotel siege ends; U.N. diplomat, 19 others killed “A siege that started with gunmen detonating a bomb and spraying bullets in a hotel in Somalia ended Saturday with at least 20 people dead, authorities said.” CNN Rise in Illegal …
South Sudan - 1 April 2015
South Sudan rejects Troika involvement in peace talks “South Sudan has opposed the direct involvement of United Nations Security Council and the Troika countries in the next round of peace talks. Government spokesperson Michael Makuei said …
Sudan - 1 April 2015
Fears Sudan elections offer no true competition “Most major opposition parties have refused to participate in the elections and called for delaying it until after the formation of a transitional government that would oversee a new …
CAR - 1 April 2015
Central African Republic: Security Council boosts UN mission presence as tensions continue “The Security Council has agreed to boost the United Nations peacekeeping presence in the Central African Republic (CAR) amid the country’s …
DRC - 1 April 2015
Zuma extends SANDF DRC deployment “President Jacob Zuma has extended the deployment of South African troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Southern African and Indian ocean coast, and Sudan, the presidency said on Tuesday. The …
Building International, Regional and National Consensus on Swaziland: Suppression of Terrorism Act, Labor Unions, and Political Prisoners
Tuesday 31 March 2015, Pretoria Chair: Bishop Rubin Phillip Tanele Thwala, the wife of Thulani Maseko The political situation in Swaziland is continuing to deteriorate with increased suppression of pro-democracy activity. Recently, a …
SALO Board and Staff meeting - March 2015
SALO Board and Staff meeting – held in Cape Town in March 2015.
Building National Consensus on the Post-2015 development Agenda: Goal 16 and access to justice in SA
Date: Thursday 26 March 2015 Venue: Garden Court Nelson Mandela Boulevard, Cape Town Keynote: Mr Enver Daniels – Chief State Law Adviser: Department of Justice and Constitutional Development The inclusion of Goal 16 relating to the …
Dialogue Online - No. 5/2015: "A Critique of the Current Regional Approach to Human Security within the Context of Informality and a Pervasive Artisanal and Small Scale Mining (ASM) Sector" By Tamara Naidoo and Showers Mawowa
The Southern African Development Community (SADC)’s human security infrastructure embraces the notions of freedom from want and fear as represented in the United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Report (1994) . However …
Swaziland - 20 March 2015
South Africa: Defend Swaziland Unions - Free Mario Masuku! By The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) The Congress of South African Trade Unions strongly condemns recent violent attacks by Swaziland police on trade union …
Dialogue Online - No. 4/2015: "Peace and Security in the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Progress and Prospects?" By Showers Mawowa
Though the connection between peace and development is commonly acknowledged, the inclusion of peace and security in the emerging post-2015 development framework has been one of most contested propositions. The consensus around 17 …
Address by the Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources, Mr Godfrey Oliphant, at a SALO workshop
16 March 2016, Pretoria Read PDF here: Address by the Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources SALO
"Extractive Futures" Dialogue Series Workshop - Challenges and Opportunities-
Monday 16 March 2015 Burgers Park Hotel, Pretoria The “Extractive Futures Dialogue Series” is aimed at enhancing the sustainability and development contribution of resource extraction in South Africa and the region by facilitating …
Swaziland - 16 March 2015
USA firms still keen to trade with SD By Nomthandazo Nkambule DESPITE the uncertainty of the country’s trade with the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), lots of firms in the United States of America (USA) still want to partner with …
Policy Brief 1 of 2015 - Extractives Revenue Transparency in SADC: Challenges and Opportunities
Background On 13 November 2014, the Southern Africa Liaison Office (SALO) held a regional multi-stakeholder workshop on Extractives Revenue Transparency as part of its “Extractive Futures Dialogue Series”. The series aims to enhance the …
International Women's Day
Taken from US Uncut timeline: https://www.facebook.com/usauncut/timeline Each year, the Media Institute of Southern Africa marks International Women’s Day by profiling southern African women who are doing outstanding work in the media and …
Dialogue Online - No. 3/2015: “Swaziland’s Elusive Path to Democracy: What role for SA and the Region?” By Klaus Stig Kristensen
Just as with the South African struggle against apartheid, while internal pressure is essential, international solidarity, especially by the regional community, plays a key role in a potential democratic transition. In this article Klaus …
Letter to Swazi Prime Minister from Kommunal - Swedish Municipal Workers’ Union
Sibusiso Dlamini Office of the Prime Minister Hospital Hill Mbabane Swaziland Prime Minister, On behalf of 515 000 members of Kommunal, the Swedish Municipal Workers’ Union, I am writing to express our concern for trade unions rights and to …
