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Jan 17, 2025 | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Peter Fabricius
ISS TODAY OP-ED While the incoming US president is expected to be tough on South Africa, his wider Africa policy is less clear. US President Donald Trump’s likely Africa team is not looking favourable to South Africa (SA). How it might impact the rest of the continent though, is more ambiguous.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
issafrica.org | Peter Fabricius
While the incoming US President is expected to be tough on SA, his wider Africa policy is less clear. Published on 17 January 2025 in ISS Today By United States (US) President Donald Trump’s likely Africa team is not looking favourable to South Africa. How it might impact the rest of the continent though, is more ambiguous.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
premiumtimesng.com | Peter Fabricius
For Russia, as for Iran, last month’s fall of the 54-year-old Assad dynasty in Syria was a major geo-strategic setback. Former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s sudden defeat threatened Russia’s important military presence in the eastern Mediterranean. Now Moscow is believed to be trying to negotiate a continued presence with the new Syrian authorities.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
htsyndication.com | Peter Fabricius
Nigeria, Jan. 10 -- For Russia, as for Iran, last month's fall of the 54-year-old Assad dynasty in Syria was a major geo-strategic setback. Former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's sudden defeat threatened Russia's important military presence in the eastern Mediterranean. Now Moscow is believed to be trying to negotiate a continued presence with the new Syrian authorities.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Peter Fabricius
ISS TODAY OP-ED Bola Tinubu’s visit to South Africa underscores the potential, and the problems, of South Africa-Nigeria relations. Relations between sub-Saharan Africa’s two giants, South Africa and Nigeria, seem to be permanently frozen on the threshold of greatness. Why can’t they be the Germany-France of Africa, some ask, often invoking the golden era when presidents Thabo Mbeki and Olusegun Obasanjo collaborated to reform continental institutions.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
htsyndication.com | Peter Fabricius
Nigeria, Dec. 7 -- Relations between sub-Saharan Africa's two giants, South Africa and Nigeria, seem to be permanently frozen on the threshold of greatness. Why can't they be the Germany-France of Africa, some ask, often invoking the golden era when presidents Thabo Mbeki and Olusegun Obasanjo collaborated to reform continental institutions.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
premiumtimesng.com | Peter Fabricius
Relations between sub-Saharan Africa’s two giants, South Africa and Nigeria, seem to be permanently frozen on the threshold of greatness. Why can’t they be the Germany-France of Africa, some ask, often invoking the golden era when presidents Thabo Mbeki and Olusegun Obasanjo collaborated to reform continental institutions. The potential was apparent again this week when Nigerian President Bola Tinubu visited Cape Town to co-chair with President Cyril Ramaphosa their 11th Binational Commission.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Peter Fabricius
Bola Tinubu's visit to SA underscores the potential, and the problems, of South Africa-Nigeria relations. Relations between sub-Saharan Africa's two giants, South Africa and Nigeria, seem to be permanently frozen on the threshold of greatness. Why can't they be the Germany-France of Africa, some ask, often invoking the golden era when presidents Thabo Mbeki and Olusegun Obasanjo collaborated to reform continental institutions.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
issafrica.org | Peter Fabricius
Bola Tinubu’s visit to SA underscores the potential, and the problems, of South Africa-Nigeria relations. Published on 06 December 2024 in ISS Today By Relations between sub-Saharan Africa’s two giants, South Africa and Nigeria, seem to be permanently frozen on the threshold of greatness. Why can’t they be the Germany-France of Africa, some ask, often invoking the golden era when presidents Thabo Mbeki and Olusegun Obasanjo collaborated to reform continental institutions.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Peter Fabricius
ISS TODAY OP-ED The fourth postponement of elections in less than a decade raises doubts that South Sudan will ever reach democracy.
After the fourth extension of South Sudan’s first post-independence elections, it is becoming increasingly difficult to imagine how Africa’s youngest state will ever become a democracy. The polls were scheduled for December, with the transition ending in February 2025.
