SOUTHERN AFRICAN STATES TACKLE CORRUPTION
by Caiphas Chimhete
Governments in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region have vowed to stamp out corruption to safeguard national economies and instil confidence...
UNITED NATIONS SUPPORTS ANGOLA ON GURN
by Phyllis Johnson
The Angolan government and the United Nations have agreed that a Government of Unity and National Reconciliation (GURN) will be established on...
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL OUTLOOK: SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS
by Maxwell Chivasa
African government leaders face a multiple of challenges to rid the continent of poverty, and most importantly to avoid armed conflicts arising...
POLLUTION: PRICE FOR PROGRESS?
by Tinashe Madava
The pollution versus industrial development debate is on in southern Africa, as the region steps up economic growth amid calls to conserve...
SADC FOOD SECURITY PROSPECTS BRIGHT
by Virginia Muwanigwa
Food security prospects in most southern African countries are bright and the strategic reserve requirements may be substantially higher than last year...
UN BACKS SADC’S WATER SHARING EFFORTS
by Maxwell Chivasa
As southern African countries ponder ways to share the region's water, the United Nations is urging member states to find suitable measures...
LIBERATION OF EASTERN ZAIRE: OBJECTIVES, TACTICS, ALLIES
by Phyllis Johnson
As Laurent Kabila's forces sweep through eastern Zaire, a new perspective is emerging on his objectives, tactics and allies.
This perspective is viewed...
LANDMINES HINDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SADC
by Caiphas Chimhete
Landmines, a legacy of wars fuelled by South Africa during apartheid and the colonial wars in southern Africa, still disrupt social and...
END OF THE MOBUTU ERA, IMPLICATIONS FOR SADC
by Hugh McCullum
Despite serious efforts at a number of different levels to end five months of fighting, Zaire, one of the continent's most strategic...
CONFLICT IN LESOTHO: BURDENED BY HISTORY AND INTRIGUE
by Phyllis Johnson
Conflict in Lesotho is embedded in the politics of internal intrigue, but heavily burdened by the all-pervasive influence and history of neighbouring...
CALL FOR STATE PARTIES TO PUT CEDAW INTO PRACTICE
by Munetsi Madakufamba
Advocacy for gender equality will fail unless governments fully commit themselves to international agreements aimed at the total elimination of all forms...
MAPUTO CONFERENCE “CLEARS LANDMINE-INFESTED ROAD” TO OTTAWA
by Caiphas Chimhete
Southern African governments have pledged to take concerted steps to ban anti-personnel mines, thus continuing to build momentum toward the signing later...
