Sudan Splits, Oil Disputes Escalate
The South Sudanese celebrated the birth of their country on 9 July 2011. Many people hoped this historic development would lead to peace and stability. This was not to be, however, as the ties between Khartoum and Juba soured dramatically, culminating in armed clashes over one of the oil-rich areas along the contested common border.
The importance of valuing Africa’s natural riches
The reality is that conventional, punitive approaches to natural resource management and conservation have mostly failed and economic growth has taken place at the expense of the natural environment.
Raising Mozambique: Development Through Coal
Sixteen years of civil war, which ended in 1992, left Mozambique as one of the poorest countries in the world.
Uranium Mining in Africa: A Continent at the Centre of a Global Nuclear Renaissance
Africa holds 18% of the world’s uranium resources. Interest in African uranium initially stemmed from the US’s military nuclear ambitions.
Competitiveness, Protectionism, and the WTO
John Maynard Keynes’s ghost casts a shadow over the current financial crisis.
Ethiopia: Underestimated Regional Power
When you walk the streets of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, it feels like the city is one large building site.
The Economic Gateway to Africa? Geography, Strategy and South Africa’s Regional Economic Relations
The paper argues that South Africa’s role as an economic gateway primarily depends upon geography, ie upon naturally given and man-made structures in geographical space.
Africa’s energy boom must be managed carefully
The Department of Mineral Resources recently lifted the moratorium on shale gas exploration in the Karoo.
Nuanced Balancing Act: South Africa’s National and International Interests and its ‘African Agenda’
Since apartheid ended, much of South Africa’s positioning on the world stage has been informed by what has been described as an Afrocentric approach to foreign relations.
Do South Africa and the European Union need each other?
The Fifth European Union (EU)-South Africa summit (17-18 September) takes place against a backdrop of heightened domestic and international turbulence.