Institute for Security Studies
Ethiopia’s National Dialogue needs greater credibility and inclusivity
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 20th September 2023 In December 2021, at the height of the war between Ethiopia’s federal government and Tigrayan forces, authorities established a National Dialogue... →
Libya’s floods: a climate change and governance tragedy
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 20th September 2023 The catastrophic flood last week in Derna, north-eastern Libya, has claimed the lives of nearly 4 000 people. A significant number are still... →
Côte d’Ivoire must cut ties between terrorists and illicit markets
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 18th September 2023 Following a surge in terror attacks in 2020 and 2021, north-eastern Côte d’Ivoire has since seen a period of relative calm. Violent extremists... →
Biden’s BRI moment
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 18th September 2023 United States (US) President Joe Biden sounded positively Xi Jinping-ish this week when he said the New Delhi G20 summit provided a ‘new path’ that... →
Targeted killings and repatriation fail to deter Ethiopian migrants
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 14th September 2023 The rise in targeted killings of Ethiopian migrants by Saudi border officials highlights the brutality of efforts to stop irregular migration, and... →
Organised crime – the fuel that ignited 9/11
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 14th September 2023 The confluence between terrorism and transnational organised crime is as old as the history of each, though analysis of their relationship is... →
South Africa’s visa regime keeps badly needed skilled workers out
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 13th September 2023 South Africa’s work visa regime is laborious, lengthy and inefficient. The process deters foreign investment, widens the skills gap and throttles... →
Digital evidence – a step forward for South Africa
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 12th September 2023 In one of the first cases of its kind, South Africa’s 2020 Cybercrimes Act has been put to the test to secure a conviction of incitement based on... →
AU plunges into turbulent G20
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 8th September 2023 The African Union (AU) will likely be admitted as a permanent member of the G20 at the latter’s summit in New Delhi this weekend. To date, the AU... →
Ghana by-elections yield vital lessons for 2024 national polls
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 7th September 2023 Two by-elections this year were fiercely contested by Ghana’s leading political parties – the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the main... →
