Institute for Security Studies
In the cross-hairs: foreigners in SA’s informal sector
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 7th December 2020 In Parliament in August, President Cyril Ramaphosa was asked how he intended to ensure that trading in the informal economy was reserved for South... →
South Africa should make its mark on security sector reform
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 4th December 2020 South Africa is today chairing an open debate on security sector reform (SSR) held by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The 3 December... →
Reinventing the Force Intervention Brigade
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 4th December 2020 After seven years in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) is about to lose its all-Southern African... →
High expectations for the next AU Commission chair
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 2nd December 2020 African leaders are set to elect a new African Union Commission (AUC) at the continental body’s next ordinary summit early in 2021. At the top of... →
DRC’s shady political alliance unravels
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 1st December 2020 On 26 November President Félix Tshisekedi concluded a three-week presidential consultation with political, economic, trade union, corporate and... →
Nigeria’s super camps leave civilians exposed to terrorists
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 30th November 2020 Last year, the Nigerian military started pulling soldiers out of villages, small unit formations and bases into bigger, stronger and better... →
Can smart ports curb drug trafficking?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 30th November 2020 Seizures of large quantities of drugs such as cocaine, heroin and others at seaports have risen worldwide. The increase in shipping operations... →
Tensions cloud December polls in Ghana
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 26th November 2020 Ghana’s 7 December general election will be the country’s eighth consecutive poll since returning to democracy nearly 30 years ago. Citizens will... →
Time to tackle violence against women in Mali
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 25th November 2020 On 26 September, hundreds of Malian women and some men rallied in Bamako to protest against the trivialisation of violence against women. This was... →
Wangiri scam targets millions of unsuspecting Kenyans
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 24th November 2020 A transnational phone scam known as Wangiri is on the rise in Kenya, warns the country’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI Kenya).... →