Articles 2012

31 December 2012

• AUC Chairperson approves long term observer mission to Kenya
  Source: African Union
  Addis Ababa:  The Chairperson of the African Union Commission has approved the deployment of a Long Term Observers (LTO)/Expert Mission to the scheduled March 4th 2013 General Elections in the...
• Ban Ki-moon appoints South African as new ICTR registrar
  Source: Hirondelle News Agency
  Arusha:  The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Christopher Bongani Majola as new Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). According to a UN...
• Impact bond model turns project funding on its head
  Source: The Guardian
  London:  Imagine that foreign aid agencies handed out money after development goals were achieved, and not before – that they paid only for the results of a project, not its implementation. It's...
• India, South Africa and the IBSA-BRICS equations of 2013: Francis A. Kornegay responds to Samir Saran
  Source: SAFPI
  For South Africa and India, 2013 promises to be a year of "Chinese interesting times" in navigating the IBSA-BRICS equation at a pivotal juncture for both groupings. The BRICS forum convenes in...
• Obama picks El-Erian to head Global Development Council
  Source: CNBC
  Washington: Pimco CEO Mohamed A. El-Erian has been named chairman of President Barack Obama's Global Development Council, which was created to help boost global development. El-Erian, 54, is also the...
• US Mission to the UN: UN budget issues
  Source: US State Department
  New York:  The United States notes the conclusion of the 67th Main Session of the Fifth Committee and is pleased by the significant progress we were able to achieve toward advancing fiscal...

29 December 2012

• ACP summit: Sipopo Declaration
  Source: ACP
  We, Heads of State and Government of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP Group), meeting in our 7th Summit in Sipopo, Equatorial Guinea, on 13 and 14 December 2012 under the theme...
• Alternative worlds of the future
  Source: Business Standard
  New Delhi: Earlier this month the National Intelligence Council ( NIC) in the United States publicly released its report, "Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds". This is the fifth instalment of an...
• Budget challenge for Dlamini-Zuma at AU
  Source: Business Day
  Johannesburg: Perhaps ABBA’s song, Money, money, money, should be the African Union (AU) anthem. Similar refrains were the depressing mood music throughout most of the 39-year existence of its...
• Challenges facing the G20 in 2013
  Source: Lowy Institute for International Policy
  The first issue of the Lowy Institute G20 Monitor, which will regularly report on G20 developments and analyse issues, has been released. The first issue of the Monitor, which is produced by the G20...