South Africa open to nuclear project bids from Russia or Iran
Isabel Bosman, a researcher in SAIIA’s African Governance and Diplomacy programme, addresses the diplomatic complexity between South Africa and the US following President Donald Trump’s executive order halting aid to the country and its implications in renewing a new civilian nuclear pact in this interview with Reuters.
Pressure mounts on Rwanda as M23 seize Bukavu
As the DRC insists on a military solution in the fight against the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels, Stephanie Wolters, senior research fellow at the South African Institute of International Affairs, highlights that “only a dialogue between DRC and Rwanda could overcome the acute crisis” as calls for faster intervention and more pressure are sounded.
AU summit unlikely to make progress on DRC
The AU summit in Addis Ababa is meant to be the next stage in regional efforts to halt the worsening conflict in the DRC.
Summit of regional leaders makes little progress in resolving DRC conflict
As the joint Summit between SADC and EAC disagreed on measures to address warfare in DRC, Stephanie Wolters describes the Summit as “very mitigated”.
Tensions amid high hopes for peace breakthrough at EAC-SADC summit
Leaders at an unprecedented joint summit of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs have stressed the urgency of finding a way out of the crisis in eastern DRC where Rwanda-backed rebels’ rapid advance has fanned fears of a wider war. “Leaders must push Kinshasa to rehink its refusal to talk directly to the M23, while […]
US boycotts G20 foreign ministers meet, attacks South African land reforms
SAIIA Chief Executive Elizabeth Sidiropoulos highlights that it would be telling if President Trump forgoes the opportunity to attend South Africa’s G20.
US Secretary of State Rubio drops bombshell, won’t attend G20 Summit in SA, cites ‘anti-Americanism’
SAIIA Chief Executive Elizabeth Sidiropoulos clarifies that the G20 will not collapse, following Marco Rubio’s announcement that he will not attend the G20 summit in Johannesburg.
What’s at stake for South Africa in the DRC crisis?
“South Africa wanted to get involved because the DRC is a member state of SADC and they wanted to assist for the prestige as a peacekeeper,” says Stephanie Wolters, Senior Research Fellow at SAIIA and a Director of Okapi Consulting in this interview with Deutsche Welle.
Diplomatic efforts intensify to end DRC conflict and extract trapped SA troops
President Cyril Ramaphosa is in desperate pursuit of an urgent ceasefire to extricate the trapped troops. Stephanie Wolters, Senior Research Fellow at the South African Institute of International Affairs and a Director of Okapi Consulting, weighed in on the regional efforts underway to end the war.
The Trump 2.0 effect: How the barrage of executive orders could jeopardise SA’s wellbeing
In response to the recent withdrawal from the World Health Organisation, SAIIA chief executive Elizabeth Sidiropoulos explains the significant impact of this as the “single largest member state.”