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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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September 12, 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa
Black and White Income Inequality in South Africa and the United States
South Africa is notorious for having gross income inequality. Its GINI coefficient–a standard for measuring income inequality–is one of the highest in the world. The World Bank computed it at 63.1 in…
September 6, 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa: Another Political Challenge for Jacob Zuma
Helen Zille, leader of South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance party, addresses an election rally in Mitchell's Plain township near Cape Town, April 18, 2009. (STR New/Courtesy Reuters) Zuma’s…
October 5, 2011
China
Zuma Government Blocks Dalai Lama’s Visit to South Africa
Archbishop Desmond Tutu speaks to supporters at a pro-Tibet rally in San Francisco, California April 8, 2008. (Robert Galbraith/Courtesy Reuters) On October 4, the Dalai Lama canceled a planned visi…
July 8, 2013
Sub-Saharan Africa
Political Ferment in South Africa
South African politics recently appears to be entering a period of flux. The opportunity for change is signaled by national icon Nelson Mandela’s serious illness. The media is regularly reporting tha…
February 13, 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa’s Upcoming Elections
Election day will be May 7, South Africa’s first after the death of Nelson Mandela. Conventional wisdom is that they will be the most competitive elections in the country’s post-apartheid history. M…
