Institute for Security Studies
Only SA’s Parliament can authorise new armed police bodies
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 15th February 2024 Two recent South African law enforcement initiatives, one in Cape Town, and the other in Gauteng, have provoked interest and in some cases,... →
Failure to apply East Africa’s Mifugo Protocol keeps violence simmering
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 15th February 2024 At least 20-million people live in the Karamoja Cluster where Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan and Ethiopia meet. The area is home to about 14... →
ICJ’s Gaza genocide case – big win, but with what effect?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 13th February 2024 On 26 January, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered provisional measures in South Africa’s case against Israel on allegations of... →
Impact of Red Sea crisis on Africa – red flag or red herring?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 12th February 2024 Still reeling from the effects of COVID-19 and the Ukraine war, African countries face yet another geopolitical hurdle with the Red Sea crisis and... →
Once more into the breach: SADC troops in DRC
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 9th February 2024 The long-simmering conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is starting to boil over again. On 2 February, a South African... →
Proposed ECOWAS exits leave West Africa at a crossroads
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 8th February 2024 On 8 February, the Mediation and Security Council of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold a special session in Abuja.... →
Despite the hazards, Ghana’s illicit waste trade is booming
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 7th February 2024 Illicit waste trafficking generates around US$10-billion to US$12-billion worldwide every year, according to the Financial Action Task Force. Ghana... →
DRC misses another opportunity to build a democracy
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 7th February 2024 Following President Félix Tshisekedi’s contested victory in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) December 2023 elections, democracy hangs... →
Does Ethiopia’s transitional justice amount to quasi-compliance?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 5th February 2024 Ethiopia’s post-2018 transitional justice process has been referred to as ‘quasi-compliance’ – aimed more at appeasing international demands for... →
Morocco outmanoeuvres SA at the UN Human Rights Council
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 5th February 2024 No one in South Africa was more delighted than International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor when the national soccer team Bafana... →
