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Brics Summit 2024: everything, everywhere, all at once?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 30th October 2024 Ushering in a multipolar order requires a streamlined and coherent political agenda – not unfocused expansion. The 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan,... →
Kenya on the UN Human Rights Council – a chance for redemption?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 29th October 2024 Kenya should seize the opportunity of its council membership to improve its human rights record at home. Kenya was among several African countries... →
Creation of the GNU did not resolve the multi-faceted broader crises facing South Africa
By: Raymond Suttner 28th October 2024 While writing a previous series evaluating the Government of National Unity (GNU) after 100 days, I said more than once that the GNU was... →
Polluters must pay: how COP29 can make this a reality
28th October 2024 The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) takes place in Azerbaijan in November 2024. The annual climate change conference must focus on holding... →
Can SAMIDRC be spared the fate of previous peace missions?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 28th October 2024 SADC member states must ensure that the operation in eastern DRC can overcome the challenges faced by its predecessors. Almost a year since... →
High Expectations: Civil Society Participation in Conflict Early Warning and Response Systems of the AU, ECOWAS and IGAD
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 28th October 2024 ‘Early warning’ describes a process that alerts decision-makers and promotes their understanding of the nature and impact of a potential escalation... →
Naked protests in South Africa: a psychologist explores the emotional power of this form of activism
25th October 2024 Naked protests are a form of public demonstration where individuals, often women, use the symbolic power of their naked bodies to challenge... →
Missed call: Fact-checking Kenya’s overshadowed 2024 state of devolution address
By: Africa Check 25th October 2024 In early October 2024, the Kenyan political arena erupted with a spectacular falling-out between president William Ruto and his deputy Rigathi... →
Age of Electricity
By: Terence Creamer 25th October 2024 The recent claim made by the International Energy Agency (IEA) that humanity is “moving at speed into the Age of Electricity” may not seem... →
South Africa’s massive Sasol petrochemical plant faces serious challenges – new report
24th October 2024 The giant Secunda complex of Sasol, South Africa’s biggest chemicals and energy company, provides the fundamental ingredients to South Africa’s... →
