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September 20, 2011

Sub-Saharan Africa
Burundi’s Ongoing Conflict and African Elections

A woman mourns during the burial of a man killed after gunmen burst into a bar in Gatumba, 15 km (9 miles) west of the Burundian capital Bujumbura, September 19, 2011. (Jean Pierre Harerimana/Courtes…

Burundi’s Ongoing Conflict and African Elections
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

February 8, 2017

South Africa
Jacob Zuma and the State of the South African Nation

On February 9, President Jacob Zuma will deliver South Africa’s annual State of the Nation speech in parliament. The substance of the speech is likely to be a mixture of policy stability with calls f…

Zuma SONA 17
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

September 3, 2015

Human Rights
UNRWA Again: UN Employees Incite Hatred

I’ve written before about the United Nations agency dealing with Palestinian "refugees," UNRWA-- here, here, and here--but the subject must be revisited in light of new discoveries by the invaluable …

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

June 7, 2016

Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa’s Land "Expropriation Bill"

There is less than meets the eye to the South African parliament’s passage at the end of May of a land reform bill, called the “Expropriation Bill.” Ostensibly, the new legislation has some similarit…

Islamist Terrorism in SA
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

May 2, 2011

Technology and Innovation
Security and U.S.-Sino Scientific Collaboration

Space shuttle Discovery lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on February 24, 2011. Six astronauts were aboard on a mission to the International Space Station. (Pierre Du…

Security and U.S.-Sino Scientific Collaboration
Blog Post by Adam Segal Asia Unbound