Institute for Security Studies
Mauritius’ fading image of clean governance
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 21st September 2020 Hardly a week after Mauritius was placed on the European Union’s potential blacklist for money laundering and terrorism financing, another scandal... →
AFRICOM may be looking for a new home
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 18th September 2020 When the Pentagon sought to locate its newly formed Africa Command (AFRICOM) somewhere in Africa in 2007, Botswana and Liberia were reportedly... →
Migrant disaster in Libya stoked by EU strategy
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 17th September 2020 Libya is labelled a migration ‘black hole’ where refugees and migrants face ‘unacceptable and extreme’ forms of violence. Migrants – mainly from... →
Europe and Africa at a crossroads
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 16th September 2020 Over the past decade, the African Union (AU) has shown increasing ambition in international relations. The AU Commission has tried to structure... →
Dealing with crises in Africa: south vs west
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 15th September 2020 Civil society groups, opposition leaders and commentators are asking why the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is so quiet on crises... →
Tech innovations are key to South Africa’s maritime security
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 14th September 2020 South Africa is building and using sophisticated technology to combat maritime crimes and make its notoriously treacherous oceans safer for... →
The Eritrea-Ethiopia peace deal is yet to show dividends
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 11th September 2020 It’s been over two years since the much-heralded rapprochement between Eritrea and Ethiopia culminated in a peace and friendship agreement in July... →
The saviour of Tutsis is now in a Kigali jail
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 10th September 2020 Paul Rusesabagina has already inspired one Hollywood movie, Hotel Rwanda, which dramatised his heroic exploits in saving many Tutsis from the 1994... →
South Africa’s private sector can help stop gender-based violence
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 10th September 2020 Violence against women and children in South Africa needs urgent attention, and the private sector has a key role to play. Underlying the high... →
What causes Africa’s coups? That is the question
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 8th September 2020 The near unanimous condemnation of the mutiny in Mali followed by the forced resignation of president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta questions the... →
