Institute for Security Studies
Burkina Faso’s junta under pressure to deliver on security promises
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 10th May 2022 The junta in power in Ouagadougou justified the 24 January coup by citing the inability of former president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré’s government... →
Charting the course to shared prosperity in Nigeria
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 9th May 2022 Despite a well-educated elite and abundant natural resources, Nigeria has become symbolic of unfulfilled potential due to leadership failure, weak... →
Now the East African Community tackles the eastern DRC’s rebels
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 6th May 2022 Will the East African Community’s (EAC) gambit to try to bring peace to the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s chronically turbulent east succeed... →
Rising insecurity a setback for The Gambia’s transition
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 6th May 2022 After two decades of dictatorship, The Gambia embraced democracy with President Adama Barrow’s 2016 election victory. But as is often the case in... →
Dodgy deals put brakes on young Kenyans’ careers
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 4th May 2022 Motorcycles are providing job opportunities for Kenya’s youth. But criminals linked to organised crime syndicates find these vehicles versatile in... →
Violence in Nigeria’s south-east demands a holistic response
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 4th May 2022 Insecurity in Nigeria is growing in scale, spread and sophistication. A total of 1 486 people in the country were victims of insecurity in January... →
Rwanda–UK deal degrades refugee conventions and Africa’s approach
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 26th April 2022 On 14 April, United Kingdom (UK) Home Secretary Priti Patel and Rwanda Foreign Affairs Minister Vincent Biruta signed a deal to send asylum seekers... →
New SA police chief’s main test is winning public trust
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 25th April 2022 South Africa’s new national commissioner of police, General Fannie Masemola is by all accounts a competent career professional. When he took office... →
Tshisekedi does a dodgy deal with Gertler
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 25th April 2022 Many clues about what the enigmatic President Félix Tshisekedi is really about seem hidden in the secret deal his government signed on 24 February... →
Is Somali piracy finally under control?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 22nd April 2022 Piracy off the coast of Somalia has long captivated the attention of the media and governments. But the expiry of the United Nations Security... →
