| 19 September 2013 |
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| Feature: Guineans finally go to the polls to end the political impasse |
There's still a chance that the opposition may derail Guinea's first legislative elections since 2002.
The road to democracy was never going to be easy. But as Guineans prepare to vote in legislative elections next Tuesday, there are fears that the fragile political stability in place since December 2010 is unravelling.
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| ISS Spotlight |
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| Making sense of South African crime statistics |
With 15 years experience in the analysis of crime statistics, the ISS helps journalists, the public and policy makers to understand crime and violence.
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| Lessons from Africa on how prosecutors worldwide can strengthen the rule of law |
ISS shared African perspectives with nearly 500 of the world's top prosecutors at the 18th International Association of Prosecutors annual conference in Moscow.
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| Better development planning for Africa's fragile states |
ISS is collaborating with the African Development Bank to make recommendations about how the development community can work more effectively in African countries affected by conflict.
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| ISS Today |
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| Syria: Seizing the international moment |
The international community and UN Security Council should consider three steps as part of a comprehensive approach that could fundamentally alter the global debate on weapons of mass destruction.
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| What can be expected from young voters in South Africa's 2014 elections? |
Nine months before the next national election, about 4 million first-time potential voters have yet to register. Are the youth disinterested or disempowered?
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| Virtual peace-building: Can social media help to reintegrate ex-combatants? |
Lessons from the use of ICT for natural disaster early warning and humanitarian relief can help determine its usefulness for demobilising and reintegrating former combatants.
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| A radical solution to Madagascar's political crisis |
The Special Electoral Court's decision to exclude political heavyweights from the elections opens up the playing field in Madagascar
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| Events |
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| Peacekeeping in Africa and the Pacific: perspectives on the role of the UN Security Council and small arms, 27 September 2013 |
Australia's involvement in peacekeeping missions in the Asia-Pacific is an example of a mission that is transitioning to the final phase of handing over responsibility to the national government.
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| Multimedia |
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| Against a tide of evil |
Mukesh Kapila was Head of the UN in Sudan in 2003-04 and first drew world attention to the unfolding crisis in Darfur. Mukesh reveals the depths of evil plumbed by those who orchestrated 'the final solution in Darfur' and why so many good men stood by and did nothing.
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| William Ruto in the dock: A test for the ICC |
This Week in Africa episode 60: Paul-Simon Handy speaks about the trial of Kenyan vice-president William Ruto, violence in the Central African Republic and Africa's position on chemical weapons in Syria. / La semaine en Afrique episode 60: Une discussion avec Paul-Simon Handy sur le procès du vice-président Kenyan a la Haye; la violence en Centrafrique et la position Africaine sur les armes chimiques en Syrie.
Listen online in English... / Écoutez en français en ligne... |
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