Institute for Security Studies
Organised crime pours cold water on Ethiopia’s coffee exports
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 17th June 2022 Ethiopian law prohibits the sale of export-quality coffee locally. Despite this, the country – regarded as the birthplace of coffee according to... →
WiseYouth: do Africa and its youth need another AU project?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 15th June 2022 The African Union (AU) has started another youth initiative to advance peace. WiseYouth was endorsed in February by state leaders and will create a... →
Foreign meddling allegations cloud Eswatini’s dialogue process
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 15th June 2022 Recent allegations that Eswatini’s July 2021 ‘winter revolution’ involved foreign-funded protest action aimed at regime change have put the... →
Africa must separate the wheat from Russia’s geopolitical chaff
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 10th June 2022 As Russia’s war against Ukraine intensifies, African countries are increasingly being caught in the crossfire of what is arguably becoming a new... →
Truce in Ethiopia opens the door to African mediators
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 9th June 2022 After almost two years of conflict between the federal government and Tigrayan forces, Ethiopia seems to have decided to resolve its most... →
Saving our oceans with Africa’s Great Blue Wall
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 9th June 2022 If the shipping industry were a country, it would be the world’s sixth-largest emitter of carbon dioxide, wrote Quartz environment reporter Zoe... →
Controlled or free internet? Time for Africa to speak out
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 7th June 2022 To what extent should African states seek to control the internet, its availability, reliability, and content? And should cyberspace be embraced as... →
Medical professionals can help prevent violence in South Africa
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 6th June 2022 A mass shooting in Khayelitsha in the Western Cape on 8 May and another on 21 May have drawn attention to the high violence levels in the province... →
Can the African Standby Force match up to current security threats?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 2nd June 2022 In April, seven East African Community countries agreed to establish a regional military force to restore stability in the eastern Democratic... →
Ansaru’s comeback in Nigeria deepens the terror threat
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 2nd June 2022 For much of the past decade, Ansaru has largely been an outlier on the terrorism threat landscape. But the group is making a comeback in Nigeria –... →
