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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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October 6, 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa’s Zuma Government Digs Itself Into a Deeper Hole Over Dalai Lama
South Africa's Vice President Kgalema Motlanthe (L) meets Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the Ziguangge in Zhongnanhai in Beijing September 29, 2011. (POOL New/Courtesy Reuters) The Zuma government’s …
February 2, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
Press Freedom in South Africa
Relations between South Africa’s governing coalition led by the African National Congress (ANC) and the mostly white-owned press have been edgy from the beginning of post-apartheid South Africa. They…
May 17, 2011
South Africa
South Africa’s Municipal Elections
South Africa's President, and President of the African National Congress (ANC), Jacob Zuma waves to his supporters during his arrival for a final rally in Soweto May 15, 2011. (Siphiwe Sibeko/Court…
December 15, 2015
Sub-Saharan Africa
The South African Roller Coaster
On December 10, President Jacob Zuma fired Nhlanhla Nene, the well regarded finance minister, and replaced him with the unknown and inexperienced David van Rooven. Though Zuma is not required by the …
June 27, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
Is There “Democratic Space” in South Africa’s Ruling ANC?
Eighteen years after the coming of “non-racial democracy” to South Africa, critics of the perpetually ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), see it as increasingly corrupt, authoritarian,…
