by georgie | May 17, 2019 | Africa, Elections, Human Rights, South Africa
Martin Plaut Senior Research Fellow – ICWS It was a remarkable achievement. South Africa’s sixth election since the end of apartheid saw nearly 17.7 million people vote at 22,924 voting stations.They had a choice of 48 parties who were attempting to get into the...
by anna | May 13, 2019 | Africa, Imperial and Postcolonial History, independence
By Henning Melber This year marks a century since a formal international civil service was introduced into the world. The first time this particular breed of professionals came into existence was at the signing of the Versailles Peace Conference during 1919...
by anna | May 9, 2019 | Asia, Sri Lanka, Terrorism
By Syed Badrul Ahsan Terrorism is not dead. The purveyors of terror are yet around. That is the lesson coming out of the eight explosions which rocked Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. With close to 300 people dead and hundreds of others wounded, one is quite certain that...
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