Institute for Security Studies
Côte d’Ivoire must cut ties between terrorists and illicit markets
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 18th September 2023 Following a surge in terror attacks in 2020 and 2021, north-eastern Côte d’Ivoire has since seen a period of relative calm. Violent extremists... →
Biden’s BRI moment
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 18th September 2023 United States (US) President Joe Biden sounded positively Xi Jinping-ish this week when he said the New Delhi G20 summit provided a ‘new path’ that... →
Targeted killings and repatriation fail to deter Ethiopian migrants
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 14th September 2023 The rise in targeted killings of Ethiopian migrants by Saudi border officials highlights the brutality of efforts to stop irregular migration, and... →
Organised crime – the fuel that ignited 9/11
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 14th September 2023 The confluence between terrorism and transnational organised crime is as old as the history of each, though analysis of their relationship is... →
South Africa’s visa regime keeps badly needed skilled workers out
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 13th September 2023 South Africa’s work visa regime is laborious, lengthy and inefficient. The process deters foreign investment, widens the skills gap and throttles... →
Digital evidence – a step forward for South Africa
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 12th September 2023 In one of the first cases of its kind, South Africa’s 2020 Cybercrimes Act has been put to the test to secure a conviction of incitement based on... →
AU plunges into turbulent G20
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 8th September 2023 The African Union (AU) will likely be admitted as a permanent member of the G20 at the latter’s summit in New Delhi this weekend. To date, the AU... →
Ghana by-elections yield vital lessons for 2024 national polls
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 7th September 2023 Two by-elections this year were fiercely contested by Ghana’s leading political parties – the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the main... →
Benin must target the illicit activities that enable violent extremism
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 5th September 2023 Terror attacks in northern Benin have been on the rise since 2019. These incidents, attributed to the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims... →
Zimbabwe fails its democracy test
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 5th September 2023 Zimbabwe has again failed to hold free, fair and credible elections. The country remains locked in a trajectory of disputed polls that will... →
