Institute for Security Studies
Curbing corruption must top South African municipal agendas
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 24th November 2021 Three weeks after the pivotal 1 November local elections, some of South Africa’s municipalities have sworn in councillors. In those with no... →
Are Nigeria’s promises to end gas flaring merely hot air?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 23rd November 2021 At the recently concluded United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, President Muhammadu Buhari said Nigeria would cut its... →
Pandora Papers and the power of open-source data
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 22nd November 2021 On 3 October the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists released the ‘Pandora Papers’ – a treasure trove of documents exposing... →
Climate, energy and the African dilemma
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 17th November 2021 South Africa was abuzz this month with the announcement of a R131-billion deal on the margins of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference... →
South Africa’s police: a rigid bureaucracy struggling to reform
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 16th November 2021 Perceptions of the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) response to the country’s July unrest were almost uniformly negative and led to criticism... →
eSwatini’s national dialogue mustn’t become a monologue
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 15th November 2021 eSwatini has been engulfed in escalating civil unrest and protest for the past six months. At least 46 people have died and many more injured as... →
Rule of law prevails on Chang extradition – but at a price
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 12th November 2021 Johannesburg’s High Court kept Pretoria legal, but also sent ripples of dismay among some quarters in Mozambique and no doubt across Southern... →
After 15 years, the AU should revamp its peacebuilding approach
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 11th November 2021 The African Union’s (AU) efforts to rebuild societies divided and damaged by conflict should be reconsidered to match the continent’s current needs... →
Planned relocation: a hard but vital part of climate adaptation
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 10th November 2021 The links between climate change and human mobility have been understudied and underreported, but things are changing. In the past decade,... →
Young Africans need a chance to skipper maritime security
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 10th November 2021 Young people are vital to ending Africa’s seablindness. This ‘seablindness’ refers to African states' lack of political will to tackle maritime... →