Institute for Security Studies
Is Ellen Johnson Sirleaf a worthy Ibrahim Prize winner?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 14th February 2018 Finally, after a three-year drought, the Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership has a winner: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s... →
Budgeting to end violence?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 13th February 2018 Surely no one would want to trade places with South Africa’s Minister of Finance Malusi Gigaba on 21 February when he presents the national budget... →
Nepad and the battle for the soul of the African Union
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 12th February 2018 Algerian Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia was one of the first to speak at the Nepad orientation committee meeting on the sidelines of the recent... →
Two wrongs don't right Kenya's political crisis
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 7th February 2018 When Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta was officially anointed as president for the second time last November, he swore an oath – the same one he... →
South Africa's water crisis is bigger than the Cape
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 5th February 2018 South Africa is running out of water. Not just Cape Town, the entire country. The problem is most immediate in the Mother City, but the country has... →
A wind of change blows through Southern Africa
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 2nd February 2018 It was an eventful 2017 for the Southern African region. The end of an era, it seemed, as political dinosaurs shuffled off the stage. In September,... →
A new dawn for African migrants 
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 1st February 2018 It has taken over 25 years, but the African Union (AU) has at last endorsed the idea of free movement of people in Africa. On 29 January, the AU... →
Mugabe: Mnangagwa's permanent friend
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 31st January 2018 It is not usual for a person who has seized power through a military coup to heap praise upon his deposed predecessor. Zimbabwe’s new president,... →
Mugabe: Mnangagwa's permanent friend
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 30th January 2018 It is not usual for a person who has seized power through a military coup to heap praise upon his deposed predecessor. Zimbabwe’s new president,... →
AU summit 30: Should Africa worry about a growing foreign military presence?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 26th January 2018 The United States in particular, but also France, have had a lot of flak for their military presence in Africa. However a surprising number of... →
