Reviewing the G-20’s Development and Financial Inclusion Agendas

You are cordially invited to a G-20 Study Group Meeting: ‘Reviewing the G20’s Development and Financial Inclusion Agendas,’ organised by the South African Institute of International Affairs; the International Development Law Unit in the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria; and Oxfam.
Power Play: International Politics, Germany, South Africa and the FIFA World Cup

The decision to bid for and host a mega sport event is largely a political one.
Reflections on the World Economic Forum on Africa

In addition to Chinese resource investors, reputable Western businesses and international organizations are increasingly touting the positive African growth story unfolding in parts of the sub-continent.
Syria: Many factors mitigate against the revolt

Since the long series of public holidays began, I have been called on by the electronic media to comment many times on developments in Syria.
New Challenges, New opportunities: African Agriculture in the 21st Century

Kanayo F. Nwanze, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development cordially invites you to a discussion forum on “New challenges, new opportunities: African agriculture in the 21st century”.
Emerging Players in Africa: What’s in it for Africa-Europe Relations?

The dialogue entitled “Emerging Players in Africa: What’s in it for Africa-Europe Relations?” addressed the implications of China, India and Brazil’s (CIB) engagement with Africa on Africa-Europe relations.
Côte d’Ivoire: Gbagbo as anti-imperialist hero is mistaken

With the conflict now ostensibly over in Ivory Coast, attention is now sure to turn to the blame game.
International affairs has an able role player in control

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) has undergone a series of profound changes in the past two years.
17 years since the genocide: Rwanda’s journey

In April 2011, in the midst of upheavals and revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa, Rwandans commemorate the seventeenth anniversary of the Rwandan genocide – a period of 100 days during which over a million Rwandans were slaughtered.
Côte d’Ivoire: The Battle of Abidjan

As the dust starts to settle on a devastated and traumatised Abidjan, attention has focused on Alassane Ouattara, now the effective, as well as elective, leader of the country.