| 10 July 2014 |
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TALKING POINT
Africa is balking at a chance to let trade go viral |
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The Trade Facilitation Agreement could enable real regional integration - so why aren't African governments embracing it?
Representatives of African nations at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) proposed in April that the continent should not agree to the WTO's recently negotiated Trade Facilitation Agreement - which would considerably accelerate the movement of traded goods across national borders - until all other elements of the stalled 2001 Doha Development Agenda were implemented.
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| ISS Today |
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| The uncertain future of peacebuilding in Burundi |
Tensions between Burundi and the UN are indicative of greater challenges within the UN's peacebuilding architecture.
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| Can the new African Court truly deliver justice for serious crimes? |
The African Union's decision to support a court that provides immunity to heads of state undermines human rights.
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| Who will foot the bill for Africa's new intervention force? |
Finding African solutions for African problems is laudable, but financing these solutions is a different matter altogether.
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| Politics and terrorism: Kenya's ticking time bombs |
Depoliticised, non-partisan national resolve is needed to truly address rising insecurity and terrorist threats in Kenya.
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| Events |
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Equatorial Guinea: oil, power and the Obiang political dynasty
11 July 2014 |
A handover of power by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema to his son after the presidential elections will likely bring more uncertainty and instability.
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Emerging threats to human security in Africa - 2014
Application deadline: 15 July 2014 |
The latest ACPST course covers emerging threats like electoral violence, terrorism and trafficking, and how they can be tackled.
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| Multimedia |
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| AU Peace and Security Council to discuss counter-terrorism |
Solomon A Dersso reviews the items that are on the agenda of the AU Peace and Security Council for July.
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| ISS Notice |
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| ISS Pretoria office renovations |
| The ISS offices in Pretoria will be renovated between June and August 2014. During June and July, seminars will be hosted at an alternate venue which will be specified on each invitation. Apart from this, the office will function as usual. |
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