From Isolation to Integration? A Study of Chinese Retailers in Dakar
Starting from the late 1990s, more and more Chinese have migrated to Senegal, concentrating and opening small shops along the Boulevard Général de Gaulle, one of the major roads in Dakar.
Aid to Africa: What can the EU and China Learn from Each Other?
With China’s increasing role in Africa, the issue of aid to Africa has been high on the China–EU agenda and the subject of considerable debate.
Security and Development in sub-Saharan Africa: Looking to the Future
By Moeletsi Mbeki
Securing a Social Licence to Operate? From Stone Age to New Age Mining in Tanzania
Despite its relatively nascent operations, commercial mining is becoming a significant contributor to the Tanzanian economy and has the potential to become more so.
New Thinking on the Governance of Water and River Basins in Africa: Lessons from the SADC Region
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) region offers useful lessons about governance in transboundary river basins.
Soccer World Cup South Africa 2010 – Playing the Security Game
The terror attack on the Togolese soccer team by the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC) prior to the African Cup of Nations that took place in Angola in January 2010, has ensured that the focus has shifted to the security of the FIFA World Cup to be held in South Africa in mid-2010.
The uMshini-wami of South African Foreign Policy?
Foreign policy barely warranted a mention in the State of the Nation address and even less in the budget speech.
When is a coup not a coup? The AU’s dilemma
Now the African Union is in a dilemma.
Untangling the Nets: The Governance of Tanzania’s Marine Fisheries
This case study of marine fisheries governance in Tanzania forms part of a three-year project entitled Strengthening the Governance of Africa’s Natural Resources conducted by the Governance of Africa’s Resources Programme of SAIIA.
The Oil Factor in Sino–Angolan Relations at the Start of the 21st Century
Even though trade figures are the most impressive feature of Sino–Angolan bilateral relations after 2002, the main reason why China’s engagement in Angola has been attracting so much attention from scholars, the media and politicians is the fact that its presence in Angola is most evident in the sectors that have been driving Angola’s rapid economic growth in recent years, which are infrastructure construction and the oil industry.