Africa: Govt Should First Sort Out Its Own Backyard

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South Africa 'is at the forefront of efforts to bring lasting peace and stability to the continent', the country's Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) insisted earlier this month. 'Particularly in countries such as Libya, South Sudan, Sudan (Darfur), Somalia and Western Sahara,' continued DIRCO's deputy director-general for public diplomacy Clayson Monyela.

Monyela was responding in Daily Maverick to comments by Institute for Security Studies (ISS) consultant Liesl Louw-Vaudran.

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