Institute for Security Studies
Sierra Leone’s China relations block targeted action against illegal fishing
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 2nd December 2024 For nearly four decades, illegal foreign-owned fleets have devastated Sierra Leone’s once sustainable fisheries industry. Sierra Leone’s 400 km... →
South Sudan’s ‘game of thrones’ continues
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 29th November 2024 The fourth postponement of elections in less than a decade raises doubts South Sudan will ever reach democracy. After the fourth extension of South... →
Benin must stay one step ahead of violent extremists using IEDs
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 28th November 2024 Attacks using improvised explosive devices are among the deadliest. They require flexible responses that match terror groups’ changing tactics.... →
Africa’s foreign policy must focus on continental needs
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 28th November 2024 Rather than seeking common African positions, prioritising Africa’s development and peace can provide a foundation for meaningful global influence.... →
South Sudan-Ethiopia border communities are key to stopping mass abductions
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 27th November 2024 Inter-communal structures can prevent women and children from being captured during cattle raids and forced into servitude. The abduction of women... →
Can ECOWAS revive its counter-terrorism efforts?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 26th November 2024 Lack of funding and sharp political divisions have derailed the implementation of ECOWAS’ counter-terrorism plan. In 2019, leaders of West African... →
G20 Summit ticks most of the African Union’s boxes
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 25th November 2024 The AU was perhaps lucky that its first G20 was chaired by the like-minded Brazilian President Lula da Silva. The African Union (AU) appears to... →
Loss and damage still stuck in the mud
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 22nd November 2024 Support for financing loss and damage isn’t keeping pace with climate impacts in vulnerable countries. Climate change is causing many development... →
The African Union Commission at a crossroads
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 20th November 2024 With elections for new commissioners in February 2025, member states must decide what kind of commission they want. One weakness of the African... →
Positioning South Africa as guardian of the Cape route
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 20th November 2024 The country needs more than infrastructure upgrades to capitalise on the surge in shipping along the Cape Sea Route. The global shipping industry... →
