Institute for Security Studies
Five worrying signs of Africa’s poor election quality
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies Updated 2 hours 9 minutes ago Globally and in Africa, many electoral processes suffer from a lack of transparency, trust and oversight. This is a crucial election year for... →
Get gender equality right in Africa, and prosperity will follow
Updated 2 hours 12 minutes ago Realistic reductions in gender inequality could produce a US$259 billion larger economy in 2043 than current path forecasts. Rising global... →
Ukraine steps up its charm offensive in Africa
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 3rd May 2024 Ukraine has opened several new African embassies, still hoping for a better return on its investment. While struggling ever harder to prevent... →
Global carbon tax urgently needed to manage the climate crisis
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 2nd May 2024 ISS modelling shows that carbon taxing can have major benefits if all nations contribute based on their income status. As the world faces a climate... →
Defending democracy, the Senegalese way
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 30th April 2024 Senegal’s people stood up to protect their democracy rather than wait for the military or external help. After three tumultuous years, Senegal’s... →
Boko Haram factional violence worries Islamic State
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 26th April 2024 In its quest to expand beyond North East Nigeria, JAS–ISWAP clashes aren’t in the global terror group’s interests. In October 2023, Boko Haram’s... →
Time is right for a South Atlantic climate alliance
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 24th April 2024 With their leading roles regionally and in the G20 and COP30, a Brazil-South Africa partnership could prompt useful south-south ties. Africa’s... →
Will Senegal’s new president shake up external relations? 
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 22nd April 2024 Despite pre-election rhetoric, long-standing principles and regional realities will likely guide international relations. Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s... →
Zimbabwe’s new ZiG doomed by overall lack of transparency
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 22nd April 2024 Economic mismanagement has stripped citizens’ trust in the government and threatens the new currency’s viability. The struggle to stabilise... →
Can dialogue rescue South Sudan from a perpetual transition?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 18th April 2024 As in 2022, elections could again be postponed. What should the proposed dialogue do differently to break the cycle? The feasibility of South... →
