Institute for Security Studies
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... →
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... →
