Institute for Security Studies
South Africa would benefit from a crime harm index
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 24th August 2023 Recently released police crime statistics show a 3% decline in murder for the second quarter of 2023 compared to last year. The number of murders... →
Risks of digital influence: lessons for South Africa’s 2024 election
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 21st August 2023 As South Africa heads for general elections in 2024 and the governing African National Congress (ANC) attempts to maintain its dominance, online... →
Thulani Maseko’s absence weakens Eswatini’s struggle for democracy
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 21st August 2023 Seven months after his murder, it is evident how much the absence of political activist and human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko has weakened... →
Why aren’t more African Union decisions on security implemented?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 17th August 2023 Africa is contending with growing threats of violent extremism, entrenched localised conflicts that intersect with organised crime, coups and... →
Burkina Faso's ambitious move to depoliticise government 
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 16th August 2023 Poor governance of public affairs has been cited as one of the reasons for Burkina Faso’s two coups last year, and the severe insecurity that has... →
Why Nigeria’s bandits are recruiting women for gunrunning
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 15th August 2023 Women are increasingly involved in banditry-linked arms trafficking in Nigeria’s north-west. Between December 2022 and February 2023, police... →
Extra BRICS shouldn’t be used to build a wall against the West
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 14th August 2023 This year’s Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) summit will have a distinctive African flavour. Hosted by its only African member, the... →
New Agenda for Peace: a reckoning for Africa on collective security?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 10th August 2023 Conflict in Africa appears to be resurging owing to a cocktail of threats including terrorism, authoritarianism and coups, most recently in Niger,... →
ECOWAS must look beyond the use of force in Niger
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 10th August 2023 The military coup on 26 July that deposed Niger’s elected president Mohamed Bazoum is not the country’s first. It follows a failed attempt after... →
South Africa’s new police watchdog bill weakens rule of law
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 8th August 2023 A new bill before Parliament proposing amendments to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) Act raises the contentious question of... →
