Institute for Security Studies
São Tomé and Príncipe’s hidden turbulence
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 5th December 2022 São Tomé and Príncipe, the archipelagic island state just off the coast of Gabon, is regarded as a beacon of democracy in Africa. It consistently... →
Gender equality is key to harnessing Africa’s free trade benefits
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 1st December 2022 Africa could benefit greatly from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), but for all Africans to enjoy the fruits of freer trade,... →
Can a new wave of drone tech make Africa’s seas safer?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 30th November 2022 On 29 October, Ukraine attacked Russian naval ships in the Crimean port of Sevastopol using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned surface... →
Ethiopia needs a peace coalition to underpin its new accord
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 29th November 2022 After a devastating two-year civil war, the Ethiopian government and Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) signed a cessation of hostilities... →
UN peacekeeping in Africa needs tighter parameters
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 29th November 2022 Peacekeeping is one of the United Nations’ (UN) most important conflict management tools, but policymakers, host countries and experts agree that... →
Equatorial Guinea: how not to rig, or observe an election
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 28th November 2022 Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema has clearly not read Nic Cheeseman and Brian Klaas’s book How to Rig an Election, which... →
Going for gold: Africa’s young footballers exploited by smugglers
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 24th November 2022 Amid the excitement of the FIFA World Cup that kicked off on 20 November, there can be no denying that transnational organised crime is part of the... →
Women have a vital role in Cameroon’s reintegration process
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 24th November 2022 Women in Cameroon need a role in encouraging Boko Haram members to leave the group and reintegrate back into communities. Many of the terror... →
Police could do far more to make South Africa safer
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 22nd November 2022 Rising levels of murder and robbery, gender-based violence, embedded organised crime and police corruption characterise South Africa’s crime... →
Putting cyber resilience in Africa centre stage
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 21st November 2022 With global attention on the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm-el-Sheikh, the question of how to make long-term,... →