Institute for Security Studies
The DRC’s natural resources still awash with blood
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 25th July 2017 In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), mining communities mostly depend on their ability to sell what they mine to make a living. So they... →
Making Africa’s schools safe for pupils and teachers
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 21st July 2017 In the Western Cape a parent stabbed a principal and then later returned to the school to ‘finish him off’, HeraldLIVE reported last month. In... →
Time for the right top cops in South Africa
19th July 2017 The stakes for public safety have never been higher in South Africa. Last year saw 3 119 more murders and 31 000 more armed attacks in the country... →
With AU reforms, a ‘new African Renaissance’ is possible
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 17th July 2017 Member states of the African Union (AU) all agree that the institution needs to be reformed to make it more efficient. Implementing the reforms is... →
Reforms are not optional for Guinea-Bissau’s stability
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 14th July 2017 When Guinea-Bissau’s President José Mário Vaz sacked Domingos Simões Pereira as prime minister in August 2015, the country hit a political... →
Is it Raila Odinga’s turn to eat?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 13th July 2017 Will it at long last be Raila Odinga’s turn to eat? This is one of the critical questions as Kenya heads into general elections on 8 August. The... →
Can anyone stop Zambia’s slide into authoritarianism? 
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 12th July 2017 Zambian President Edgar Lungu is not a dictator, and nor does he want to be. That’s his version, at least, and he’s sticking to it. ‘Zambia is the... →
2017 elections likely to worsen Congo’s political crisis
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 11th July 2017 The Republic of the Congo will proceed with legislative and local elections on 16 July despite complex political and economic challenges, and an... →
The real problem behind South Africa’s refusal to arrest al-Bashir
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 10th July 2017 Last week the judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled that South Africa erred in its decision not to arrest Sudanese President Omar... →
ANC invokes the ghosts of a party past
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 6th July 2017 Though his statue stood in the grounds, alongside those of other former ANC leaders, the warm and embracing spirit of Nelson Mandela was evidently... →
