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    The 2011 DRC election polls and beyond

    Institute for Security Studies, 2012
    In November 2011 the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) held its second post-war presidential and National Assembly elections. These elections, which took place in a context of significant challenges, were marred by allegations of electoral fraud and mismanagement.
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    Zimbabwe's tortuous road to a new constitution and elections

    Institute for Security Studies, 2012
    In July 2012, the Constitution Select Committee of Parliament (Copac) that was mandated to consult Zimbabweans and draft a new constitution finally accomplished its task after more than three years of acrimonious debate.
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    Elections in South Korea: assessing park's victory

    Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, India, 2013
    In December 2012, South Korea elected Park Geun-hye of the conservative Saenuri [New Frontier] Party, as the first woman president, with an absolute majority. Park is the daughter of former divisive military strongman from South Korea’s authoritarian era of Park Chung-hee.
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    Red flags ignored: governance values and practices in Africa

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014
    Values are essential to set up normative standards that are indicative of the qualities of governance. This paper describes and analyses trends of governance values and practices in Africa using secondary data.
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    APRM and the media: getting the story right

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014
    The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) is a voluntary scheme established in 2003 to improve member states’ governance collectively and individually through following best practices and examples set by others. To date 33 African states have signed up, 17 of which have completed their first review. Signatory states undertake to be reviewed internally and externally.
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    Mozambique’s foreign policy: pragmatic non-alignment as a tool for development

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2013
    In October 2012 Mozambicans celebrated the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Rome General Peace Accord (GPA), which brought an end to the 15-year civil war that broke out two years after the country gained independence from Portugal in 1975.
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    Falling between the cracks? Prospects for environmental litigation arising from oil production in Southern Sudan

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2010
    Oil production in Southern Sudan has degraded agricultural lands and caused mass displacement and suffering of local pastoralist and agriculturalist communities. This paper seeks to identify the legal system governing the adjudication of environmental issues arising from oil production in Southern Sudan after the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in 2005.
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    The Chinese stance on the Darfur conflict

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2010
    China’s role in Sudan is one of the most closely watched and, in many circles, controversial relationships on the continent. This paper provides a Sudanese perspective and argues that, far from profiting from its close ties with Khartoum, the Chinese government has experienced considerable difficulties.
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    China's overseas foreign direct investment risk: 2008–2009

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2011
    Since the implementation of its ‘going-out’ strategy, China’s outward foreign direct investment (FDI) has experienced a rapid development, which has already become an important part of its overseas interests.
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    The African Peer Review Mechanism at country level: views from Kenya

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2011
    In Kenya, the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) began well. In 2006 the country became the third African state to be peer reviewed and thus one of the APRM pioneers. But neither government nor civil society championed the implementation of the National Programme of Action (NPoA). Progress reports were prepared but reviews delayed at the continental level.

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