SADC election standards harm its credibility: Mozambique’s poll was declared free and fair prematurely

As an election observer in the general elections in Mozambique at the beginning of this month, I criss-crossed the north-western province of Tete in order to cover as many polling stations as possible.
El Gran Exito: The Chilean Success Story

The Global Best Practice series examines a number of case studies in various sectors, with the aim of assessing their potential applicability in the Africa developmental context.
Public Sector Governance: Singapore and the Czech Republic

The Global Best Practice series examines a number of case studies in various sectors, with the aim of assessing their potential applicability in the Africa developmental context.
Small Business: The Case of Brazil

The Global Best Practice series examines a number of case studies in various sectors, with the aim of assessing their potential applicability in the Africa developmental context.
External Engagement: Experiences from Ghana and Mozambique

The Global Best Practice series examines a number of case studies in various sectors, with the aim of assessing their potential applicability in the Africa developmental context.
Arms and Security in Asia

This book identifies the most significant current global security trends and relates these to the Asia-Pacific region.
Slip-Sliding Away: Parliamentary Accountability

When floor crossing was first introduced its expediency was camouflaged in the diaphanous cloak of “conscience”. If it was diaphanous then, it has no semblance of apparel now. And the emperor has been exposed.
Apartheid Past, Renaissance Future: South Africa’s Foreign Policy 1994-2004

This volume seeks to document the path South Africa has followed on the world stage since 1994. It brings together different views on the whole spectrum of what constitutes foreign policy today.
New Tools for Reform and Stability: Sanctions, Conditionalities and Conflict Resolution

The 1990s and 2000s witnessed a proliferation of UN sanctions regimes around the world, as the international community braced itself to deal with brutal regimes and threats to international peace and security.
Crime as Business, Business as Crime: West African Criminal Networks in Southern Africa

Many commentators point to Southern Africa’s resident West African population (by which they mean Nigerians) as the source of lawless activity in the region.