Foundation of Sudan's 2018-19 Revolution

 The US Institute of Peace published on 3 May 2022 a report titled "Sowing the Seeds of Nonviolent Action in Sudan" by Marija Marovic and Zahra Hayder.

The report explores the foundations of Sudan's 2018-2019 revolution, tracing the effects of local demand groups, civil society workshops, and professional associations on widespread mass participation, opposition unity and movement leadership, and nonviolent discipline.

Labor Issues Likely to Be China's Long-term Nemesis in Africa

 The China-Africa Project posted on 27 July 2021 a commentary titled "Chinese Companies 'Eat Bitter' Management Style Just Doesn't Work in Africa" by Cobus van Staden.  

The author argues that widely discussed Chinese debt traps and concerns about the security of African IT networks due to the use of Chinese communications equipment are not China's greatest challenge in Africa.  Rather, China should be more concerned about African concerns over Chinese companies' ardous working conditions, long hours, low wages, limited promotions, and disrespectful, or downright abusive, treatment by managers.  

Surveillance and State Control in Ethiopia

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace published on 18 May 2017 a study titled "Surveillance and State Control in Ethiopia" by Saskia Brechenmacher.

The author argues that the closing of civic space in Ethiopia has the following key features:

--Harsh restrictions on foreign funding for civil society organizations working on a wide range of politically related issues.
--Violent repression of civic mobilization in the name of counterterrorism and anti-extremism.
--Efforts to bring all independent civil society groups--including development and humanitarian actors--in line with the government's national development policy.

Chinese Investment in Zimbabwe Diamonds and Impact on Labor

The University of the Witwatersrand Global Labour Column published in May 2015 a report titled "Chinese Investments, Marange Diamonds and 'Militarized Capitalism' in Zimbabwe" by Crispen Chinguno, Taurai Mereki, and Nunurayi Mutyanda, all at University of Witwatersrand.

The report examines the experience of workers at the Marange diamond fields in Zimbabwe.  Key management of the companies is drawn primarily from serving or retired Chinese and Zimbabwean military personnel. 

The Employment Effect of Chinese Investment in South Africa

The Centre for Chinese Studies at Stellenbosch University published in October 2013  a paper titled "A Study on the Employment Effect of Chinese Investment in South Africa" by Huang Meibo and Ren Peiqiang. The paper reflects the views of Chinese entrepreneurs and managers of Chinese companies in South Africa and constitutes a Chinese contribution to the debate on China's economic engagement in South Africa. It does not reflect the views of South African organized labor.