Institute for Security Studies
Nigeria’s military mistakes cost the country its civilians
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 13th December 2023 Last week’s accidental bombing of Tudun Biri in Kaduna State by the Nigerian Army’s drone unit is the country’s most devastating military mishap in... →
What does the Israel-Hamas conflict mean for Africa?
13th December 2023 Amid the devastating loss of life, African policymakers and investors are grappling with the economic and political implications of the... →
Ransom kidnappings challenge North Cameroon
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 12th December 2023 In just three years (2015–18), kidnappers in North Cameroon collected ransom money of around €3 million (CFAF 2 billion), according to Garoua... →
Ukraine’s ‘low return’ on its African investment 
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 8th December 2023 Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba was being rather undemocratic – by his admission – when he told visiting African journalists last month... →
Africa must stand together to end Ethiopia's conflict
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 7th December 2023 Ethiopia's Amhara region has been the epicentre of political violence and armed conflict, with Fano ethnic militias clashing with the federal... →
Can Chad’s constitutional referendum still be saved?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 7th December 2023 Following President Idriss Déby Itno’s death in May 2021, Chad entered a transition led by his son, General Mahamat Idriss Déby. The transition... →
High Seas Treaty: Africa's role in saving the world's blue lungs
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 6th December 2023 The High Seas Treaty – officially known as the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty – must be signed and ratified by 20 September 2025.... →
Are ZANU-PF’s high-risk strategies paying off?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 6th December 2023 As Zimbabwe moves from its discredited August harmonised elections, the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) government wants... →
Pilot Zambian debt relief collapses
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 1st December 2023 Zambia’s imploding deals for debt relief from its many creditors have plunged the country’s fragile economic recovery into uncertainty. It also... →
Nigeria’s foreign minister has his work cut out
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 30th November 2023 Nigeria’s new Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar is leading the country’s foreign relations in the face of significant... →
