Sustainable Development

The controversial bid by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to seek re-election has jeopardized Nigeria's political stability. The Boko Haram insurg..............

Over the coming decades, South Africa will face constraints associated with water availability that will have a broad impact on its economy and could temper economic growth.

The Nigerian presidential election on March 28 was nothing short of a historic turning point in the rather fragile democracy. An incumbent Nigerian Pr..............

With the conclusion of the parliamentary election in October and the presidential election in December 2014 based on a constitution acknowledged as th..............

The return of protests to Egypt is a sign of potential trouble for President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's military-backed government, especially in the lead..............

In the 21st century, water could emerge as a more precious commodity than oil. As populations rise, albeit at a slower rate than in the previous centu..............

Electrical power generation was a key topic during the inaugural U.S.-Africa Summit, which concluded Aug. 7. U.S. public- and private-sector actors an..............

Southern Africa's cluster of power grids is far more established than that of West Africa, both in regard to transmission and generation infrastructur..............

West African prospects for electricity production are shaped in large part by Nigeria's potential to develop fossil fuels. Because it holds Africa's g..............

The history of the development of diamonds in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo is deeply entrenched in violence. Officials from the two..............

Investors may grow more confident about placing their money in some African countries long thought prohibitively risky.

Japan's newest aid and investment in Africa suggests it is redoubling its focus on South and East African nations that border the Indian Ocean.

Sudan's descent into economic disrepair continues. Khartoum is struggling to lower its budget deficit and stabilize the exchange rate of the Sudanese ..............

The South Sudanese Energy Ministry's Oct. 29 announcement that it will auction off a number of oil concessions by the end of 2013 illustrates the coun..............

The European Union announced Sept. 17 that sanctions against the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corp., whose diamonds have long buoyed President Robert M..............

More economic integration between the countries of the East African Community (Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania) is almost inevitable, but ..............

Geneva 9th July: India-Africa bilateral trade and investment increased exponentially, yet it is far away from the true potential.

Ethiopia, a country from which some 85 percent of the Nile River is sourced, may have aggravated water resource tensions with Sudan and Egypt

International donors pledged approximately $4.2 billion to the Malian government May 15. This will give Bamako resources to expand its control over no..............

Sudanese President Omar al Bashir's April 12 visit to Juba -- his first since South Sudan became independent in July 2011 -- is little more than a ges..............

A spate of recent security incidents in central Mozambique has highlighted the ability of opposition parties to threaten government efforts to develop..............

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has set up a committee to explore the feasibility of reaching an amnesty agreement with Islamist militant group Boko Haram.

A conflict is developing between the Egyptian government and the judiciary as the deadline for drafting the nation's constitution approaches.

Immediately after his re-election, Obama was quoted saying the best is yet to come, during his second term as thePresident. Is it true, for the Af-Pak..............

The Chinese official media have carefully avoided reporting on internal developments in Myanmar including transition towards democracy. The main repor..............

Last January in 2014, none would have predicted the fall of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa. At that time, he was gathering momentum politicall..............

The election of Maithripala Sirisena, the common opposition candidate and Health Minister in Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government until November 2014, as ..............

After the presidential elections of 14 June 2013, Iran’s Hassan Rouhani has proved that he is introducing changes in the country’s foreign policy ..............

Even as the Sri Lankan nation inches closer towards national elections scheduled for 2015 – almost two years before the due date – the prospects f..............

As student protests in Hong Kong continue, memories of the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations naturally spring to mind. Less iconic but no less nota..............

A violent end to the protests in Hong Kong has been avoided, with crowds of pro-democracy demonstrators dwindling from peak turnout over the past two days.

Beijing (AFP) - Hong Kong's democracy protests have stoked fears of retribution from China, but observers say the city is simply too valuable to punis..............

After days of negotiation between the two Presidential candidates, former Foreign Minister Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and former Finance Minister Dr. Ashra..............

China's Central Discipline Inspection Committee detained Tianjin Police Chief Wu Changshun on July 19, shortly after reports emerged of rampant corrup..............

Myanmar and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) signed an Additional Protocol in 2013 giving wider access to Burmese facilities pertaining n..............

In an editorial published in Chinese state media Aug. 6, Zhang Chunxian, the Party secretary for the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, said the Chine..............

As per the compromise agreement worked out by the US Secretary of State John Kerry on July 12, both the leading Afghan presidential candidates, Dr. Ab..............

The recently concluded Afghan Presidential election, rather than facilitating crucial political transition, is mired in controversy. The preliminary r..............

More than 50 million people have been forced to leave their homes because of conflicts that have occurred around the world. The shocking figure was a..............

Just days after the Afghans braved the Taliban threats to vote in the second round run-off of the presidential elections on June 14, presidential cand..............

In Mr Modi’s views, “a strong economy is the driver of an effective foreign policy. We have to put our own house in order that the world gets attr..............

The positive atmosphere building up around the Iranian Nuclear Deal with P5+1 and the Framework for Cooperation with the IAEA remains as yet, but the ..............

In a surprising development, on 23 April 2014, the two rival Palestinian political factions, Fatah and Hamas announced a new reconciliation agreement ..............

The recently concluded elections in Afghanistan are the third national elections since the ouster of the Taliban in 2001 and will be the first in whic..............

In the hurly burly of the underway Indian elections, India and the Indian media, have perhaps not paid adequate attention to the equally engrossing el..............

Recent political and social developments in Hong Kong seem to indicate that China’s one country, two systems model is facing its most substantive ch..............

“We are witnessing a huge geopolitical game in which the aim is the destruction of Russia as a geopolitical opponent of the US or of the global fina..............

Amidst political instability, violence, economic disequilibrium and social chaos, Iraq is gearing up for the general elections on April 30, 2014. This..............

Back-to-back visits to Delhi this week by the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and the foreign minister of Iran, Mohammad J..............

With the proposed NATO pull-out at the end of 2014, the security situation in Afghanistan is once again under scrutiny – and with good reason.

Zeng Qinghong could be the next target for Chinese President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign, according to unverified rumors circulating in Hong..............

Now that three years have elapsed since the 2011 Revolution in Egypt, it is pertinent, nay, imperative, to ask the central question: Where is Egypt? W..............

The decline of the Aral Sea over the past 50 years is one of the most dramatic examples of the consequences of water mismanagement. Although the Aral ..............

The largely boycotted January 5 Bangladesh election has generated wide attention in the international community. The international reactions to the pa..............

The Afghan President, Hamid Karzai has refused to sign the US-Afghanistan bilateral security agreement (BSA). The agreement, comprising 30 documents a..............

Since 1991 the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has either formed the government or the opposition in parliament. For the first time, BNP’s will n..............

The almost certain existence of a corruption investigation of former Politburo Standing Committee member Zhou Yongkang could portend larger changes ah..............

Thailand's political crisis has reached a new juncture. On Dec. 8 Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra called for the dissolution of parliament and..............

The runoff elections to the presidency held on 16 November have finally ended the long prevailing uncertainty in Maldives. The elections that eventual..............

The commitment and ability of China's leaders to follow through on new policies and to meet rising expectations will be tested as they strive to balan..............

The stand off between the Awami League (AL) led government and the BNP led opposition has reached such an explosive point that unless a compromise is ..............

Over the past 24 hours, a handful of unnamed U.S. officials have been leaking to major U.S. news outlets that the Obama administration is considering ..............

India could offer the world a signal electoral drama next spring, with geopolitical repercussions for the whole Eurasian rimland. Narendra Modi, the c..............

The much awaited multi-party elections in Maldives took place on September 7, 2013. As expected the first round failed to throw up a clear winner. Thi..............

For the last 60 years, the crown has been passed on to Ibn Saud's many sons who have continued his family line. So, by extending this principle of suc..............

The recent turn of events in Egypt raise many questions. The most immediate question, however, is whether this is the end of Muslim Brotherhood (MB) o..............

The swearing-in of Hassan Rouhani as the seventh President of the Islamic Republic of Iran has raised hopes of a productive engagement between Tehran and the West.

The presidential elections in Iran on 14 June 2013 brought Hassan Rohani, a moderate candidate, to power. The issue of Iran’s nuclear policy is the ..............

With India’s first 1,000 MWe light water reactors at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu attaining safe criticality on July 13, 2013, the stage is set for elec..............

The post-Cold War period has witnessed a significant shift in the nature of conflict. The number of internal conflicts increased and the intensity of ..............

Obama has floated another Zero Option (remember the earlier Prague speech on global nuclear disarmament that won him the Nobel?), this time on the num..............

With the Election Commission formally notifying the presidential polls for September 7, Maldives is gearing up to prove to itself and the rest of the ..............

The Egyptian revolution first took shape after President Hosni Mubarak stepped down in February 2011. However, the events of last week have introduced..............

Capitalizing on the unpopularity of President Mohammed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood, the Tamarod movement -- organizer of the ongoing protests in ..............

On June 13, 2013, the Sri Lanka Cabinet approved two changes in the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. The first of these was to remove the provision..............

The recently concluded elections in Tehran (June 14) have indeed thrown up quite a few surprises. First and foremost is the unexpectedly high voter tu..............

Suu Kyi's Silence on the Rohingya's now falls into place with her announcement that she wants to contest for Myanmar’s presidency.

India abstained from voting on a resolution against the Syrian government in the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, in a calculated move to..............

South Asian countries view results from Saturday's elections in Pakistan favorably, with several states hoping the new government will provide advanta..............

In Pakistan, the participation of women in politics is increasing in general but the presence of women in the political parties as well as in the poli..............

The upcoming general elections in Bhutan will see many new faces at the grass root level, but the same cannot be said about their party’s leadership..............

In the just-completed tenure of an elected civilian government in Pakistan some well-meaning analysts have come to discern the seeds of democracy in t..............

Zimbabwe's proposed constitution, which could be submitted for a national vote on March 16, may create more problems than it solves. It likely will pa..............

Tripoli has emerged since the fall of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's regime in 2011 as a weaker national capital, though this is not necessari..............

Egypt, one of the flowers of the sudden and unique revolutionary movement called the Arab Spring, is at a sensitive stage in its political timeline. T..............

The demise of the Chinese Communist Party is often anticipated in terms of neo-liberal theory and the logic of civil society challenges to a contracte..............

War torn Afghanistan is also plagued by terrorism, drug trafficking and warlords who have left the social and political structure of the country in shambles.

The 21st ASEAN Summit (2012) at Cambodia emerged as a key convention in bringing about successful trade alliances and agreements. It was touted to be ..............

Chinese President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, the core of China's Fourth Generation of leaders, will transfer control of the Communist Pa..............

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced Sunday that he had reshuffled his Cabinet, increasing its size and elevating younger members of India's..............

New Delhi, October 27.-- Ahead of US President Barack Obama's visit to India beginning November 6, India has signed on to the multilateral Convention ..............

The Concise Oxford English Dictionary defines the word ‘schizophrenic’ as that ‘characterized by mutually contradictory or inconsistent elements..............

The strategic bonhomie between two countries is perhaps best reflected in their defence cooperation, and more prominently in defence trade - one way o..............