Institute for Security Studies
Does Ethiopia’s transitional justice amount to quasi-compliance?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 5th February 2024 Ethiopia’s post-2018 transitional justice process has been referred to as ‘quasi-compliance’ – aimed more at appeasing international demands for... →
Morocco outmanoeuvres SA at the UN Human Rights Council
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 5th February 2024 No one in South Africa was more delighted than International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor when the national soccer team Bafana... →
Africa’s oceans could pay dearly for the Red Sea Crisis
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 2nd February 2024 The Red Sea crisis has become a pressing concern largely due to its disruption of global trade. However, it also has far-reaching environmental... →
Does Africa’s Peace and Security Council need stronger members?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 31st January 2024 At the upcoming African Union (AU) summit from 15-19 February, 10 new countries will take their seats on the Peace and Security Council (PSC) for... →
Northern Kenya’s disarmament dilemma
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 30th January 2024 Banditry and the proliferation of illegal small arms are critical drivers of insecurity in Kenya’s North Rift Region. Survey-derived baselines... →
Blinken’s Africa trip loops in new Atlantic Ocean partners
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 26th January 2024 United States (US) Secretary of State Antony Blinken has taken time off from his hectic shuttle diplomacy in the Middle East to visit four African... →
Looser gun laws could deepen Nigeria’s security crisis
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 26th January 2024 Despite Nigeria’s strict gun ownership laws, the country remains the region’s largest illicit small arms market, adding to the nation’s dire... →
South Africa’s ICJ case has already altered its foreign policy space
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 26th January 2024 South Africa’s decision to take Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on charges of genocide has elicited polarised global responses.... →
Intelligence-led investigations can curb Ethiopia’s kidnappings
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 24th January 2024 Kidnapping and extortion are on the rise in Ethiopia, with cases even reported beyond the country’s borders. Ethiopian Electric Power announced in... →
Africa needs a stronger voice on resolving the Red Sea crisis
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 23rd January 2024 The Red Sea crisis is now a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) priority, with three meetings held this year already. Following several months... →
