| 4 July 2013 |
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| Feature:Obama (finally) comes to Africa |
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Despite claims that the US president's tour is 'too little too late', it may yet serve its purpose.
'China 1, US 0.' This is how the United States (US) news website Globalpost titled its comment on US President Barack Obama’s long-awaited trip to Africa. The visit, which also took him to Senegal and South Africa, ended in Tanzania on 2 July. Clearly, a trip that cost US taxpayers $100m was a way for the US to counter the huge amount of trade China has been conducting with Africa over the last few years.
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| ISS Today |
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| Swazi identity is at the heart of the debate on democratic reform |
The coming elections in Swaziland are unlikely to yield any result that will challenge the status quo.
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The future of intrastate conflict in Africa: More violence or greater peace?
5 July 2013
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In a new paper, Dr Jakkie Cilliers and Dr Julia Schuenemann use the International Futures (IFs) model to analyse future trends for intrastate conflict in Africa up to 2050 in a polycentric world order.
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| ISS 4th international conference: National and international perspectives on crime reduction and criminal justice, 21 and 22 August 2013 |
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The conference provides an exciting opportunity to showcase current criminological and contiguous research as well as policy initiatives from across the world.
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| Outcome of the 21st Summit of the African Union |
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This seminar aimed to better understand the decisions taken at the 21st Summit of the African Union and reflect on the possibilities and challenges for implementing those decisions.
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| Violence, unions and politics: Trends and expectations in the run-up to South Africa's 2014 national election |
In this seminar Professor Steven Friedman, Crispen Chinguno and David Bruce provided insights around politics and violence ahead of the 2014 South African elections.
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| The end of impunity? After the kingpins, what next for Guinea-Bissau? |
In April 2013 a successful sting operation and an indictment by the US Drug Enforcement Administration targeted two of Guinea-Bissau’s most notorious cocaine kingpins.
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| South African Crime Quarterly 44 |
R209 million – that is what the South African Police Service has paid in civil claims in the past financial year, for wrongful arrests and a range of crimes, including rape, attempted rape, grievous bodily harm, corruption and assault committed by police officers.
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| Peace and Security Council Report No 48 |
This month our researchers in Dakar, Pretoria and Addis Ababa produced country analyses on Guinea, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).
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| The plot thickens |
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South Africa Insight Episode 43: Failure to make key criminal justice appointments and attempts to block accountability does not bode well for the fight against corruption. Hamadziripi Tamukamoyo explains.
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| Obama's plans for Africa |
This week in Africa Episode 54: Paul-Simon Handy discusses US President Barack Obama's visit to South Africa. Is he playing catch-up following huge Chinese investment and interest in the continent? / La semaine en Afrique Episode 54: Barack Obama annonce ses projets pour l'Afrique lors d'une visite en Afrique du Sud. Est-ce que ce n'est pas seulement une reaction aux investissements Chinoise ?
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