SOUTH AFRICA IN THE U.S. NEWS April 29 – May 3, 2011

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SOUTH AFRICA IN THE U.S. NEWS

April 29 – May 3, 2011

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Nations Brace for Retaliation: Officials See Heightened Terror Risk from Those

Who Seek Revenge for bin Laden

By James Hookway, Nicholas Bariyo and Alistair MacDonald, The Wall Street Journal, May 3,

2011

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704569404576299141940641776.html

Governments around the world, warning against complacency in fighting terrorism,

prepared for the chance of retaliatory attacks in the wake of Osama bin Laden's death. In

the U.S., Africa, Southeast Asia, Europe, officials said they were watching out for potential

reprisals from Islamist terrorists intent on avenging bin Laden's killing at the hands of U.S.

forces in Pakistan.

Africans debate impact of Osama bin Laden killing

By Scott Baldauf, The Christian Science Monitor, May 2, 2011

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2011/0502/Africans-debate-impact-of-Osama-bin-Laden-killing

"The Government of the Republic of South Africa has noted the news of the passing on of

Mr. Osama bin Laden as announced during the early hours of today, Monday, 2 May 2011,"

the South African government said in a statement quite distinct from the warm support of

the Kenyan government. "South Africa reconfirms the commitment to the system of global

governance of multilateralism.... We call upon all countries across the world to cooperate in

stemming the demon of terrorism, in all its manifestations, out of global politics."

Green Growth Paradigm for Africa's Economy

By Dominic Waughray, Huffington Post (Blog), May 2, 2011

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dominic-waughray/green-growth-paradigm-for_b_854922.html

In December 2011, the United Nations annual conference on Climate Change is in Durban,

South Africa. Many commentators suggest the negotiations leading up to this event are a

chance to put Africa's perspective forward in the climate talks: what will climate change

mean for Africa and how should a global framework be organized to help the continent

cope?

A New Class of Consumers Grows in Africa

By Peter Wonacott, Wall Street Journal, May 2, 2011

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703703304576296663397991894.html

Sustained economic growth in Africa has produced for the first time a broad middle class,

one that cuts across the continent and is on par with the size of the middle classes in the

billion-person emerging markets of China and India.

Separating Free Speech from Hate in South Africa