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29 July 2005
DRC: "Stronger Commitment" Needed for Peace
...In South Kivu, the Congolese army complained that it did not have vehicles to rescue the Kigalama villagers when they were attacked two weeks ago. 'This is not an excuse. Congo has a government and it must deliver to the population,' Jean Marie Gasana, senior researcher at the Pretoria-based Institute for Security Studies, said in an interview with IPS.
28 July 2005
In Africa, Iraq, hired guns walk uneasy legal path
Private military contractors in Iraq and parts of Africa must obey international humanitarian law just like regular soldiers, the Red Cross says, but analysts warn enforcement may be difficult...
...Senior research fellow Richard Cornwell at South Africa's Institute of Security Studies said enforcement was difficult, particularly as the areas in which private military contractors operated were often lawless.
Congo Seeks African Muscle
...Festus Aboagye, head of the peace missions programme at the Institute for Security Studies, said that the AU presence in the Darfur region of Sudan meant other African countries' troops were overstretched. It was highly unlikely SA, Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal and Kenya would be able to deploy troops in Congo.
Can Mugabe be stopped?
The same day the DA launches its 'stop Mugabe loan' campaign in South Africa Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe and Chinese leader Hu Jintao sign an agreement on economic co-operation. At the same time the demolitions in Zimbabwe continue. With Jonathan Katzenellenbogen from the Business Day newspaper, and Chris Maroleng from the SA Institute of Security Studies.
Africans turn up heat on Mugabe
...Such developments signal a shift in Africans' view of Mugabe, says Chris Maroleng of the Institute for Security Studies in Pretoria, South Africa.
Region a 'terrorism magnet'
The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) paper, 'Organised Crime and Terrorism: Observations from southern Africa', argues that the region could be advantageous to trans-national terror groups 'if it can be used as a source, transit zone or market for high value narcotics' and money laundering.
The author, Charles Goredema, told Irin the region also had widespread poverty, 'which is always going to be a breeding ground' for ideologies that advanced by violent means.
Clinton adds to pressure on Mbeki
...Chris Maroleng at South Africa's Institute for Security Studies said there is intensified diplomatic activity between Pretoria and Harare which shows that Mbeki is definitely feeling the pressure.
Zimbabwe: Loan request gives SA leverage to press for change
Amid news reports that Zimbabwe is seeking a massive loan from South Africa to offset chronic food and fuel shortages, political analysts say it's an opportune time for President Thabo Mbeki to push for political dialogue in the troubled country...
...Chris Maroleng of the Pretoria-based Institute of Security Studies underscored the importance of 'strict benchmarks and exact timelines' in the agreement, which he said should include easing up on the opposition, the press and the NGO community.
Mugabe asks South Africa to bail him out
President Robert Mugabe is pleading for a loan worth hundreds of millions of dollars from Zimbabwe's neighbour South Africa to buy food, fuel and electricity in what is being seen as a sign of the deepening crisis afflicting the country...
...'This is an intensification of South Africa's 'constructive engagement' with Zimbabwe, but now we may start to see something constructive,' said Chris Maroleng, of the Institute for Security Studies in Pretoria.
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