Traditional and Emerging Partners’ Role in African Regional Economic Integration: Issues and Recommendations
Regional integration in Africa is still an active agenda item for African nations and pan-African institutions such as the African Union.
Strengthening Peer Learning in the African Peer Review Mechanism: The Case for Best Practices
Identification of best practices is central to the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), which is meant to foster the adoption of policies that lead to good governance, sustained development, economic growth and enhanced integration on the continent. Although still underdeveloped and poorly defined, best practices can contribute to strengthening and achieving the objectives of the APRM.
A year in office: Dlamini-Zuma at the African Union
15 October 2013 marked a year in office for Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC).
The Kimberley Process risks becoming irrelevant to cogent concerns
By prioritising consensus among its state parties and industry stakeholders in defiance of calls by civil society organisations (CSOs) for governance-enhancing reform, the Kimberley Process Diamond Certification Scheme (KPCS or KP) risks sleep-walking into irrelevance.
Russia’s Africa Policy
Russia is demonstrating robust commitment to reasserting its role in Africa. Its re-emergence as a significant African actor has been a recent phenomenon, and one that has received little scholarly attention to date.
Still Waiting for the Bonanza: The Oil Business in South Sudan after 2005
The paper examines the oil sector in South Sudan since 2005, when the historic Comprehensive Peace Agreement was reached between the Government of the former Sudan and the then rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army.
Preventing and Resolving Future Climate and Natural Resource-related Conflicts in the Zambezi Basin: A Study of Bulawayo and Chinde Districts
Long-term changes in climate are likely to increase a range of risks to human security, including the risk of violent conflict.
Russia–South Africa Relations: Beyond Revival
The policy brief analyses the main features of Russia–South Africa relations following a revival of bilateral interests in the context of the, so-called, new scramble for Africa and recent 5th BRICS summit in Durban, South Africa, on 26–27 March 2013.
Russia and Angola: The Rebirth of a Strategic Partnership?
Africa and Russia in general, and Angola and Russia in particular, have a long-standing friendship dating back to the days when the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was assisting African national liberation movements in gaining independence.
South Africa’s nuclear programme: A view from 2023
At an energy stakeholder meeting in parliament held on 19 September 2013, all four presentations by the nuclear lobby – including the Department of Energy (DOE) – typified what behavioural economist Daniel Kahneman calls a ‘planning fallacy’. This essentially describes plans and forecasts that ‘are unrealistically close to best-case scenarios [and] could be improved by consulting statistics of similar cases’.