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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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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…
November 11, 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa
Malema Suspended From ANC
Derek Hanekom (C), head of the ANC disciplinary panel, announces the verdict for Youth League leader Julius Malema at the party's head quarters in Johannesburg, November 10, 2011. (Siphewe Sibeko/Cou…
July 19, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
Who Owns the Land in South Africa?
At the just-concluded African National Congress (ANC) policy conference, the issue of land reform surfaced – but did not really go anywhere. There was a call for “review” of the principle of “willing…
May 29, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
“Africa Day” in South Africa and President Jacob Zuma’s Rivals
The “slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” are hitting President Jacob hard. Earlier this week, there was the controversy over a publicly exhibited oil painting that strongly resembled Zuma with …
December 12, 2013
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa’s President Zuma Booed at Mandela Memorial Service
President Jacob Zuma, who faces national elections in 2014, should be worried. He was booed at Nelson Mandela’s December 10 state memorial service. John Allen reports that according to a local news c…
