South African Investment Conference: A new Chapter creating shared socio economic pathways
Authors: Kirtan Bhana and Srimal Fernando
In the space of about two decades South Africa's economy showed a very robust and consistent growth, although serious...
Zimbabwe’s Platinum Mine Opens For Foreign Investors
Russia and Zimbabwe have had good and time-tested relations from Soviet days, supported Robert Mugabe and his ZANU-PF against the West. Since the collapse...
South Sudan Need to invest in peace for economic development
The 2017 Global Peace Index (GPI) shows that despite continuing socio-economic and geopolitical turmoil in the world, there are more countries continuously spending a...
Russia Failing in Efforts to Invest in Africa
For the past two decades, Southern African leaders have been looking for external support and genuine foreign investment in infrastructure, agriculture and industry. Besides...
Nile Basin and South Sudan Diplomacy
For years tensions have been rising between the Nile river basin countries over the sharing and management of the Nile water, as Ethiopia, Uganda...
SADC-Russia’s economic cooperation: Strategies, challenges and future perspectives
In 1991, the globally recognized anti-western Soviet propaganda machine collapsed and disappeared. Russia and SADC Member States have had long-standing and time-tested bilateral partnerships...
Global community must go beyond military cooperation to assist Africa
Russian Special Presidential Representative for the Middle East and Africa and Deputy Foreign Minister, Mikhail Bogdanov, has urged global community to go beyond military...
France and China in Africa
A geoeconomic and strategic clash between China and France is currently emerging across Africa, with France supporting the United States in a new bilateral...
Twenty Years of South Africa’s transition: An Economic and Foreign policy perspective
Authors: Srimal Fernando and Siksha Singh*
South African has made a major transition from apartheid to democracy which is one of the most significant political...
China-South Sudan Relations: From Margin to the Spotlight
As China is marching up its Pac, into Africa, (Rotberg, 2008) since the new century, its relations with some, fragile states, in Africa are...