Institute for Security Studies
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... →
Africa, beware the dangers that digital influence poses for elections
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 7th August 2023 When William Ruto and Raila Odinga competed for Kenya’s presidency last August, ‘we knew that this election was going to be won on tech,’ a leading... →
From Russia, with little to show for it 
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 4th August 2023 Russian President Vladimir Putin was hoping for a record turnout of African leaders at the second Russia-Africa summit in St Petersburg last week... →
Turning away from terrorism: lessons from the Lake Chad Basin
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 3rd August 2023 Terror groups in the Sahel are becoming more resilient, making it hard for governments and their partners to degrade them. As the region explores... →
Africa-Europe migration deals cost lives and undercut democracy
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 2nd August 2023 Leaders attending Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s 23 July Rome conference were invited less for their interest in migration and development... →
Conflict and organised crime are razing CAR’s rainforests
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 1st August 2023 Forests cover just over one third of the Central African Republic’s (CAR) territory. The forestry sector is a vital source of income and... →
Development funders must seize climate migration opportunities
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 31st July 2023 Despite contributing only 3% of historical carbon emissions, climate-related disasters cost Africa up to US$15 billion annually. The continent... →
