Institute for Security Studies
Fewer migrants to Europe, bigger problems for Africa
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 7th April 2020 Migration from Africa to Europe is increasingly being framed as a security threat to states and societies. The result is tighter border controls... →
How might the Covid-19 lockdown affect public safety in SA?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 7th April 2020 South Africa’s national State of Disaster and associated lockdown in response to the Covid-19 pandemic is unprecedented. It could have a... →
Can a world already in despair save Africa?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 3rd April 2020 Thanks to an invisible but deadly enemy, the global economy is likely to shrink by 1.8% this year, the United States economy by 6.2% and Europe by... →
State abuses could match the threat of COVID-19 itself
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 2nd April 2020 Within the first days of South Africa’s 21-day COVID-19 lockdown, numerous videos emerged allegedly depicting police and soldiers kicking,... →
Uganda stifles the youth vote a year ahead of elections
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 1st April 2020 Numerous barriers, including deliberate attempts by governments to stifle the youth vote, limit young Africans’ participation in elections across... →
Replicating global responses to COVID-19 may not work for Africa
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 30th March 2020 The first case of COVID-19, now a global pandemic present in 199 countries, was reported in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. Africa’s first confirmed... →
Thabo Mbeki’s mediation role in Zimbabwe remains unclear
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 27th March 2020 Nearly 12 years after brokering a short-lived resolution to Zimbabwe’s crisis, Thabo Mbeki was once again called on to mediate. And the crisis... →
Why is the US ramping up anti-terrorism efforts in Kenya?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 26th March 2020 In the aftermath of the deadly al-Shabaab attack on the Dusit 2 hotel complex in Nairobi in January 2019, urgent discussions began about how to... →
Think tanks in Africa: a widely untapped resource
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 25th March 2020 Over the past 30 years Africa has faced major structural transformations in the areas of demography, agriculture, technology and governance. While... →
Is another regional alliance what the Horn needs?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 24th March 2020 The new regional cooperation between Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia comes amid a long history of distrust and unresolved boundary disputes between... →
