| 29 August 2013 |
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| Feature: Giving ordinary Africans a 'fair go' |
Western countries are slowly starting to put their money where their mouths are in fighting corruption in Africa.
Is Western opposition to corruption just another manifestation of imperialism in Africa? This was one of the questions raised by a participant in the Africa Down Under mining conference in Perth, at a side event in which an international legal company offered advice to investors on how to manage the issue of corruption.
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| ISS Today |
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| Mogadishu still not a safe place |
International aid organisations are still being targeted by Al-Shabaab, which is allegedly benefiting from the government's leniency.
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| Insecurity still Nigeria's biggest challenge |
Efforts to project Nigeria as Africa's leading economy are hampered by the failure to curb the growing insecurity in the north of the country.
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| Should rape be a hate crime in South Africa? |
Concerted action against hate crime is sorely needed. Is legislation the best way to go?
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| Ghana takes action against illegal Chinese miners |
Illegal small-scale gold mining is increasing anti-Chinese sentiment in Ghana and highlighting serious problems in the country’s mining sector.
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| Events |
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Against a Tide of Evil: Why genocides happen and what we can learn to prevent future atrocities
4 September 2013 |
Mukesh Kapila will highlight the importance of individual accountability and collective responsibility in preventing genocides from recurring elsewhere.
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| Niger: Surviving in a challenging neighbourhood |
Drawing on recent field research conducted by ISS in Niamey, Niger, this seminar analysed the difficulties Niger faces in this challenging neighbourhood.
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| Nuclear security culture: Meeting the needs of practitioners |
The University of the Witwatersrand, the ISS and the US-based Partnership for Nuclear Security a nuclear security co-hosted a training workshop aimed at South African nuclear security practitioners.
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| Implementation of UN sanction measures: Prospects and lessons learned |
This Lomé workshop convened 26 government officials, non-governmental specialists and representatives from the UN, including experts from the United Nations Panel of Experts on Iran.
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| UN sanctions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Prospects and problems |
This workshop aimed to be the beginning of a dynamic process of helping concerned member states to implement sanctions effectively.
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| Publications |
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| Ghana: The land question in El Dorado |
This report explores the nature of the land problem, its causes and its impact on security in Ghana. It also makes policy recommendations for the improvement of land administration and management in the country. The analysis is placed in the context of similar land problems in other ECOWAS countries.
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| Multimedia |
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| Highway or byway? The National Development Plan 2030: The video (UPDATED) |
Using the International Futures forecasting system, the African Futures project examined the feasibility of the NDP 2030 vision. How can South Africa achieve the goals set in the NDP 2030 vision?
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| The impact of 'strike season 2013' |
South Africa Insight episode 47: With 8 months to go before South Africa's next national elections, splits within alliances and the 2013 strike season could potentially impact the ANC's power base. Gareth Newham explains.
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| Hope for an end of the crisis in Madagascar |
This Week in Africa episode 58: Paul-Simon Handy looks at Madagascar's upcoming presidential election; the rising insecurity in the Central African Republic and president Robert Mugabe's election in Zimbabwe. / La semaine en Afrique episode 58: L'analyse de Paul-Simon Handy sur situation au Madagascar; l'insécurité croissant en République Centrafricaine et l'élection de Robert Mugabe au Zimbabwe.
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