Institute for Security Studies
South Africa’s growth depends on fixing its deeply broken food system
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 16th September 2021 As South Africa grapples with overcoming the challenge of massive COVID-19-related job losses and the highest unemployment level in the world, we... →
Deadly cost of South Sudan’s delayed security reforms
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 15th September 2021 South Sudan has failed to unify the country’s armed groups into a single force with a central goal of ensuring national security. The task of... →
A gendarmerie for South Africa?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 15th September 2021 Two weeks ago, South Africa’s Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise told Parliament she wanted to consider establishing an... →
The 20-year war: 9/11’s enduring legacy in Africa
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 14th September 2021 The fall of Afghanistan last month and the Taliban’s resurgence epitomises the failure of counter-terrorism over the past 20 years. Since 9/11, an... →
Kenya’s courts once again check political manoeuvring
10th September 2021 The courts have intervened decisively in the country’s turbulent and ethnically charged politics. And once again, they seem to have protected... →
Israel’s accreditation to the AU is dividing Africa
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 9th September 2021 Israel has long sought to retake its position as an observer state at the African Union (AU). It had this status with the Organisation of African... →
Abductions: the hidden face of Mali’s crisis
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 8th September 2021 More people have been abducted in Mali in the first eight months of 2021 than in any other year documented by the Armed Conflict Location & Event... →
Zambia’s new president takes aim at the security sector
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 6th September 2021 President Hakainde Hichilema has wasted no time in asserting his authority. The cabinet appointments announced by Zambia’s new president took... →
Kenya’s charcoal bans have fuelled a smuggling problem
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 1st September 2021 Kenya’s charcoal industry may be mostly informal, but it’s a big deal to the millions who rely on it for fuel or to earn a living. The trade... →
New private sector options for preventing violence
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 31st August 2021 In South Africa, reports of women being killed by their intimate partners are an almost daily news item. For many women, home is not a safe space.... →
