Institute for Security Studies
Burundi’s return to the international fold
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 2nd March 2022 Since his inauguration in 2020, President Évariste Ndayishimiye has introduced a raft of foreign and domestic policy reforms to salvage Burundi’s... →
Lessons for Mozambique after France’s withdrawal from the Sahel
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 1st March 2022 French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent decision to withdraw troops from Mali nine years after first intervening in the conflict against jihadi... →
Will Africa see more decisive action from a new PSC?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 1st March 2022 Fifteen countries were elected to the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) at the continental body’s recent summit in Addis Ababa.... →
Africa a low presence in the first Indo-Pacific forum
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 28th February 2022 The Indo-Pacific – a relatively new concept – stretches from South Africa via the Red Sea to Russia, New Zealand and Canada. It’s not a... →
Democracy alone is no guarantee of development
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 25th February 2022 Until 1989, Africa was characterised by many authoritarian governments. After that, democracy took root as countries abolished military... →
Going for gold leaves Senegal’s artisanal mining communities poorer
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 23rd February 2022 Artisanal and small-scale gold mining is vital to the economy of the Kédougou region, where 98% of Senegal’s gold mining sites are located. In... →
Thousands of new SA police recruits may yield little benefit
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 22nd February 2022 Over the past year, concerns have been raised about the decline in the number of police in South Africa. Due to budgetary restrictions, last year’s... →
Lessons must be learnt before Barkhane marches into new territory
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 22nd February 2022 French President Emmanuel Macron has announced the withdrawal of Barkhane and Takuba forces from Mali, but expressed commitment to ‘continue …... →
Namibia’s Fishrot trial will test the scales of justice
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 18th February 2022 In some ways, Namibia’s recent history has been a dress rehearsal of South Africa’s. In 1990 South West Africa, as it was called then, became... →
Covid-19: a missed chance to build trust in Lake Chad Basin
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 18th February 2022 Covid-19 was expected to devastate the Lake Chad Basin. When the pandemic broke out, the region was already in crisis, with about 11-million people... →
