| 5 September 2013 |
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| Feature: Apres moi le deluge: Southern Africa’s 'grandest chefs' fret about the political afterlife |
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Ruthlessness and patronage are no doubt key to understanding how presidents like Robert Mugabe and José Eduardo dos Santos have retained power for so long.
The greatest favour President Robert Mugabe, 89, of Zimbabwe and President José Eduardo dos Santos, 71, of Angola could do the world would be to write honest and comprehensive memoirs about just how they did it.
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| ISS Today |
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| Mali's post elections challenges |
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Répondre à l’épineuse question sécuritaire du nord et reformer les secteurs de la défense et de la sécurité font partie des nombreux défis que devra relever le nouveau chef de l’État malien.
Tackling the thorny security issues in the north and reforming the defence and security sectors are among the many challenges facing Mali’s new leaders.
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| The G20 and the struggle for global influence |
Global groupings of countries are failing to deliver on expectations, but what other options are there?
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| Democracy for sale? The need for transparency in political party funding |
Ensuring that the electorate can access information on political party funding from private sources is key to combating corruption and holding parties accountable.
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| Events |
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| ISS 4th international conference: National and international perspectives on crime reduction and criminal justice, 21 and 22 August 2013 |
The conference provided an exciting opportunity to showcase current criminological and contiguous research as well as policy initiatives from across the world.
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| Multimedia |
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| Sudan's forgotten war zones |
Mukesh Kapila was Head of the UN in Sudan in 2003-04 and first drew world attention to the unfolding crisis in Darfur. He returned to Sudan earlier in 2013, and shares his insights on why we failed to stop the alleged first genocide of the 21st century in Darfur despite the lessons of the last genocide of the 20th century, in Rwanda.
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| Zimbabwe elections: Past, present and future challenges |
Piers Pigou, Project Director for Southern Africa, International Crisis Group discusses Zimbabwe's electoral process, technical election management issues, the prospects for future elections, as well as the role of SADC.
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