Institute for Security Studies
South Africa’s police: a rigid bureaucracy struggling to reform
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 16th November 2021 Perceptions of the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) response to the country’s July unrest were almost uniformly negative and led to criticism... →
eSwatini’s national dialogue mustn’t become a monologue
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 15th November 2021 eSwatini has been engulfed in escalating civil unrest and protest for the past six months. At least 46 people have died and many more injured as... →
Rule of law prevails on Chang extradition – but at a price
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 12th November 2021 Johannesburg’s High Court kept Pretoria legal, but also sent ripples of dismay among some quarters in Mozambique and no doubt across Southern... →
After 15 years, the AU should revamp its peacebuilding approach
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 11th November 2021 The African Union’s (AU) efforts to rebuild societies divided and damaged by conflict should be reconsidered to match the continent’s current needs... →
Planned relocation: a hard but vital part of climate adaptation
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 10th November 2021 The links between climate change and human mobility have been understudied and underreported, but things are changing. In the past decade,... →
Young Africans need a chance to skipper maritime security
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 10th November 2021 Young people are vital to ending Africa’s seablindness. This ‘seablindness’ refers to African states' lack of political will to tackle maritime... →
Does Russia influence Africa on the UN Security Council?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 8th November 2021 Over the past two decades, Russia has aimed to re-establish itself as a world power. A key way to achieve this has been through its permanent... →
Uganda terror attacks point to deeper Jihadi coordination
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 5th November 2021 Terrorist attacks are intensifying in Uganda. An explosion in a Kampala café on 23 October killed a 20-year-old waitress and injured three others,... →
Democracy in decline in Africa? Not so fast
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 4th November 2021 Do recent coups in Chad, Mali, Guinea and Sudan mean that democracy in Africa is failing? This notion is fuelled by internet shutdowns, muzzling of... →
Firepower won’t restore trust among Kenya’s warring Laikipia communities
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 3rd November 2021 Clashes in Kenya’s Laikipia County between pastoralist and farming communities continue to destabilise the central part of the country, with... →
