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.
Unveiling the Diversity of Chinese Finance in Africa
China increasingly is playing a crucial role in African economies.
The Quest for Affordable Food: Prospects in the Doha Round for Net Food-importing Developing Countries
In the past few years, a sharp rise in the price of food commodities has caused a critical global food crisis, increasing the food bill of consumers in a way that deeply affects the food security of low-income societies, whose members spend more than half of their household incomes on food purchases.
Brazil as an Emerging Power: The View from the United States
The United States has always seen Brazil as a significant regional powerhouse, but its perceived importance has risen in the last decade.
Peer Review Under Scrutiny
Sparks flew in dusty Addis Ababa, Ethiopia last weekend, as representatives of the 29 member states of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) – the continent’s home-grown governance promotion instrument – gathered for their biannual meeting on the fringes of the African Union (AU) Summit.