Institute for Security Studies
Can Somalia’s new president patch relations with the AU?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 27th July 2022 The African Union (AU) has been central to Somalia’s slow journey towards stability. Among other things, its African Union Mission in Somalia... →
Social media can change actions that drive gender-based violence
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 26th July 2022 In 2021, almost half of South African adults – over 25-million people – used social media. Twitter had an estimated nine-million users, over 80% of... →
Zambia on the brink of historic debt relief deal
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 25th July 2022 Since taking office in August last year, Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema (HH) has been wrestling with the huge and sometimes secret foreign... →
Chad’s political transition lags behind deadline
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 21st July 2022 Chad’s political transition was meant to take 18 months, from April 2021 to September 2022, but it now appears an extension will be needed. The... →
Africa can achieve prosperity, but there are no quick fixes
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 20th July 2022 After decades of modest livelihood improvements, Africa’s fortunes started turning around in the mid-1990s. But the gap in crucial indices, such as... →
Calling it a crisis won’t prevent violence against women
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 19th July 2022 Researchers and journalists in South Africa tend to portray sexual violence as an ever-worsening crisis, focusing on either the latest police... →
South Africa’s ANC marches to a different drum than Africa
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 18th July 2022 Reading the foreign policy chapter of the African National Congress’s (ANC) 2022 discussion paper, one gets a sense that South Africa’s ruling... →
Will Nigeria’s youth decide who wins the next elections?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 14th July 2022 Nigerians regard just four of their 16 presidential candidates as serious contenders in the 2023 general elections. These are Bola Tinubu and Atiku... →
Africa is losing the battle against extreme poverty
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 14th July 2022 About 30 million more Africans fell into extreme poverty (living on less than US$1.90 a day) when COVID-19 broke out in 2020. Before the pandemic... →
Social media vigilantism is alive and trending in South Africa
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 12th July 2022 As South Africa last week marked the first anniversary of the July unrest that swept through KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces, the use of social... →
