Institute for Security Studies
China vs the West: a contest that will hurt Africa’s future
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 7th November 2022 A new long-term scenario analysis confirms that China will overtake the United States (US) as the most powerful country in the world by... →
Will we hear Africa’s youth at COP27?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 3rd November 2022 Africa faces a trio of issues that are accelerating youth migration – the youth ‘population bulge’, high unemployment and mounting climate impacts.... →
South Africa must rethink its community safety system
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 3rd November 2022 Community Police Forums (CPFs) were foundational to South Africa’s 1990s transition to democracy. When first established, they provided a bridge... →
Can the East African Community stabilise eastern DRC?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 1st November 2022 As clashes escalated between the rebel March 23 Movement (M23) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) armed forces in North Kivu, the... →
As terrorists claim new ground, an African strategy is vital
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 31st October 2022 As Islamic State (IS) and al-Qaeda leaders have been targeted and eliminated internationally, the terrorist groups have expanded and consolidated... →
What do protests say about UN peacekeeping in Africa?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 28th October 2022 In the past few months, two United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions in Africa have encountered violent protests from the local populations... →
Prosecution reforms sharpen SA’s anti-corruption drive
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 27th October 2022 South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa recently set out several government responses to the more than 350 recommendations made by the Zondo state... →
Kidnapping for ransom on the rise in North Cameroon
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 26th October 2022 Since 2013, communities in Cameroon’s Far North Region have suffered attacks from the violent extremist group Boko Haram. The divisions of... →
The curious case of Zimbabwe sanctions
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 25th October 2022 The Southern African Development Community (SADC) designated 25 October as a day for solidarity against sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the... →
A new chapter in India-Africa relations?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 24th October 2022 The size and health of India’s US$3.5 trillion economy have made the country a force to be reckoned with in global affairs. It has surpassed the... →
