Institute for Security Studies
The mighty dollar is rhetorically endangered but safe, for now
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 24th July 2023 Brazilian President Lula da Silva attacked the global economic order at last month’s international financing summit in Paris, criticising the... →
Pretoria’s ‘get out of jail free’ card
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 21st July 2023 After months of speculation, a decision has finally been made – Russian President Vladimir Putin won’t attend the August Brics... →
Sanctions alone won’t shut down Libya’s illicit economies
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 20th July 2023 Twelve years on from Libya’s revolution, the country remains fragile. The government has limited reach, with de facto power exercised by competing... →
Will the Russia-Africa Summit balance pageantry and politics?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 19th July 2023 The second Russia-Africa Summit on 27-28 July in St Petersburg is viewed by Moscow as the preeminent stage to rekindle relations with Africa. The... →
Winning talk doesn’t mean Mozambique’s insurgency is over
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 19th July 2023 The presidents of Mozambique and Rwanda have been making victory speeches about the Cabo Delgado insurgency being almost over. They are creating... →
Communication blackout: impact of power grid collapse on ICT
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 17th July 2023 Eskom, South Africa’s electricity utility, insists a grid collapse is ‘unlikely’ and that it would take an ‘unforeseen and sudden sequence of... →
Ruto hustles to dodge a debt trap
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 14th July 2023 Ten months into his presidency, Kenya’s President William Ruto is battling strong headwinds. He won office as the champion of the ‘hustlers’ – the... →
Elite unit brutality reflects widespread police impunity in SA
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 13th July 2023 The assault on three occupants of a vehicle by Presidential Protection Unit (PPU) security officers assigned to Deputy President Paul Mashatile has... →
Kenya’s rise in al-Shabaab attacks calls for localised solutions
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 13th July 2023 In the past three weeks, over 30 security force officers have been killed by improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in more than 10 attacks across... →
Risks and rewards of AI for organised crime in Africa
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 11th July 2023 In 2019, a British company was defrauded of US$243 000 when the voice of the chief executive was impersonated by criminals using artificial... →
