Institute for Security Studies
A pact of ‘pariahs’ rattles their neighbourhoods
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 25th September 2020 The recent accord struck between Taiwan and Somaliland – two countries that few others recognise – seems to have rattled China and Somalia more... →
Africa can revive 2020 as an ocean super-year
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 25th September 2020 This was meant to be the ocean’s year. Four high-level United Nations meetings and a web of international conventions on biodiversity, sustainable... →
Circular economy: moving Africa towards environmental sustainability
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 23rd September 2020 For Africa, the impact of COVID-19 has made thinking about the future more important than ever. Recent analysis by the African Futures and... →
Mauritius’ fading image of clean governance
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 21st September 2020 Hardly a week after Mauritius was placed on the European Union’s potential blacklist for money laundering and terrorism financing, another scandal... →
AFRICOM may be looking for a new home
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 18th September 2020 When the Pentagon sought to locate its newly formed Africa Command (AFRICOM) somewhere in Africa in 2007, Botswana and Liberia were reportedly... →
Migrant disaster in Libya stoked by EU strategy
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 17th September 2020 Libya is labelled a migration ‘black hole’ where refugees and migrants face ‘unacceptable and extreme’ forms of violence. Migrants – mainly from... →
Europe and Africa at a crossroads
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 16th September 2020 Over the past decade, the African Union (AU) has shown increasing ambition in international relations. The AU Commission has tried to structure... →
Dealing with crises in Africa: south vs west
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 15th September 2020 Civil society groups, opposition leaders and commentators are asking why the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is so quiet on crises... →
Tech innovations are key to South Africa’s maritime security
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 14th September 2020 South Africa is building and using sophisticated technology to combat maritime crimes and make its notoriously treacherous oceans safer for... →
The Eritrea-Ethiopia peace deal is yet to show dividends
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 11th September 2020 It’s been over two years since the much-heralded rapprochement between Eritrea and Ethiopia culminated in a peace and friendship agreement in July... →
