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William Ruto wins in Washington – but does Kenya?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 31st May 2024 Not all Kenyans are enchanted by the prospect of being America’s main partner in sub-Saharan Africa. Kenyan President William Ruto last week made... →
Worth the ink?
By: Terence Creamer 31st May 2024 The National Council of Provinces’ (NCOP’s) recent approval of the Electricity Regulation Amendment (ERA) Bill has far-reaching implications for... →
SAMIM withdrawal from Cabo Delgado: uncomfortable truths
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 30th May 2024 Why is the region turning away from an international terrorist organisation on its doorstep that is growing in influence? On 16 May, Islamic State... →
Dialogue and negotiation: alternative solutions to Boko Haram conflict?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 30th May 2024 Military operations are needed, but haven’t stopped Boko Haram attacks. Complementary non-kinetic efforts must be considered. Fifteen years since... →
Hate speech and disinformation in South Africa’s elections: big tech make it tough to monitor social media
28th May 2024 There’s a growing global movement to ensure that researchers can get access to the huge quantity of data assembled and exploited by digital... →
Elections will reveal SA’s exposure to digital influence as a service
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 28th May 2024 Without access to social media data, ensuring voters have verifiable information rather than manipulated content is difficult. Nationalist content... →
What are the South Africans doing in Eastern DRC?
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 28th May 2024 Four years into a protracted war between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Rwandan supported M23 rebel group, the eastern DRC is... →
Israeli genocide continues - with international mainly non-governmental resistance
By: Raymond Suttner 27th May 2024 In the aftermath of Israel's latest legal defeat at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) last week after an application by South Africa, many... →
What is a secular state? How South Africa has tried to separate religion and politics
27th May 2024 South Africa is often referred to as a ‘secular state’. What’s the background? The primary feature of a secular state is political secularism,... →
Elections 2024: South Africa’s journey to coalition government
27th May 2024 When the dust settles, the new government must focus on unity, economic growth and development. South Africans will elect their seventh democratic... →
