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On July 15, 2012 a major power shift took place on the African continent. Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, South African Minister for Home Affairs and formerly foreign minister was elected chairperson of the African Union Commission, beating out incumbent Jean Ping of Gabon and becoming the first female to lead the AU.
After recent allegations that Rwanda has been backing rebels in eastern DRC, the Netherlands (€5million), the United Kingdom (€16million) and now Germany (€21million) have suspended some, or all of, their aid budgets to Rwanda.
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Israel must not repeat the mistakes of the past and vindicate terror by retrenching its policy of striking at Hezbollah’s leaders and key operational personnel.
Following several trade missions to China and emphatic discussion of increasing investment opportunities, it appears that Canada and the Asian superpower have finally struck a deal.
For nations with a global outlook, the ability to respond to contingencies around the world has often been a mix of necessity and choice.
China has once again fueled the regional fire that has characterized its relations with neighbouring states for the last several decades.
One question that arises in the general environment of public controversy and outrage is: to what extent Hong Kong is a democracy?
Thirty years after the conflict, British-Argentine hostility over the Falklands has reached a new level, reviving a new war of words.
With Syrian rebels battling government forces in the capital Damascus and the confirmed death of at least three of Assad’s inner circle, is the conflict coming to an end?