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Kenya’s peacebuilding efforts hold valuable lessons for the rest of the world, but gaps remain
17th June 2025 Kenya has been praised as a “model for the world” when it comes to peacebuilding efforts to manage outbreaks of violence within its borders. The... →
Foreign fishing vessels plunder Namibia’s horse mackerel
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 17th June 2025 The country’s rich stock is being illegally harvested by foreign-flagged vessels licensed to fish in Angolan waters. Just past midnight, Namibia’s... →
Ethiopia and South Africa: shared struggles in transitional justice
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 17th June 2025 The key lesson is that transitional justice is not an event but an ongoing process that ends only when its goals are met. A little over a year... →
Africa’s decarbonisation dilemma
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 17th June 2025 Without enough capital or enabling global policy, expecting Africa to decouple economic growth from carbon emissions is a pipe dream. Since the... →
Governance in Southern Africa Still Needs Work
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 17th June 2025 The APRM process at national level is sometimes stage-managed to include CSOs friendly to the government and silence or ignore critical voices... →
Do white farmers produce most of our key crops? Unpacking viral claims about South African agriculture
By: Africa Check 17th June 2025 For weeks in May and June 2025, widely followed accounts on X have circulated eye-catching and divisive statistics about race and farming in South... →
Africa’s five most politically stable countries
By: In On Africa IOA 17th June 2025 In a volatile continent, some African countries have achieved political stability that provides the foundation for national peace and prosperity. A... →
Xenophobia is an attack on democratic life and must be stopped – Part Two
By: Raymond Suttner 13th June 2025 To voice xenophobic statements and behaviour, as Gayton McKenzie has done, is to spit on the freedom of all South Africans because freedom is... →
Too sluggish
By: Terence Creamer 13th June 2025 The fact that it takes an exceedingly long time in South Africa for policy decisions to be made let alone implemented is something of a... →
Xenophobic actions are antagonistic to democratic life and must be stopped – Part One
By: Raymond Suttner 12th June 2025 Community involvement in xenophobic attacks Most xenophobic conflicts portray sections of the community as being extremely hostile towards foreign... →
