Institute for Security Studies (Tshwane/Pretoria)

April 19

Mali: Lessons From the Crisis for the International Security Architecture [analysis]

The response to the crisis in Mali has revealed the shortcomings of the multilateral security architecture in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African... Read more »
Africa: Civil Society Given A Platform At The Chemical Weapons Convention [analysis]

In a major coup for global civil society, non-governmental organisations - including the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) - were this week for the first time provided the... Read more »
Africa: The Evolution Of Organised Crime In Africa [analysis]

This paper is part of an ISS project analysing the linkages between organised crime and statehood in Africa and exploring how policy and operational responses could be better... Read more »
Africa: African Security Review [press release]

The first issue of the African Security Review (ASR) for 2013 covers recurring security concerns for Africa, emerging trends, and new developments to track in the coming years. Read more »

Zimbabwe: The Battle for Credible Polls in Zimbabwe Intensifies [analysis]

The approval of the new Zimbabwean constitution on 16 March has moved the struggle for power between Zimbabwe's coalition government parties - the Zimbabwe African National... Read more »
South Africa: Will the ANC Alliance Hold As the 2014 Elections Approach? [analysis]

Tensions in South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) continue to raise questions about whether the ruling party - populated by individuals with varying ideological... Read more »

South Africa: The National Development Plan Can Improve Policing in South Africa [analysis]

A hard-hitting television presenter recently asked the Minister of Police, Nathi Mthethwa, if he would resign given the deterioration of policing in recent years. This took place... Read more »
South Africa: The Tatane Case Raises Hard Questions for South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority [analysis]

Following the acquittal of seven police officials accused of killing community activist Andries Tatane in April 2011, the South African National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has... Read more »

South Africa: The Tatane Case Raises Hard Questions for Prosecuting Authority [analysis]

Following the acquittal of seven police officials accused of killing community activist Andries Tatane in April 2011, the South African National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has... Read more »

East Africa: Somalia's Jubaland Process May Embolden Al-Shabaab [analysis]

In the battle against Islamist fighters in Somalia, the liberation of Kismayo in October 2012 was symbolic of the progress made in ridding the country of Al-Shabaab's influence. Read more »

Africa: Practical Guide to Understanding and Preventing Suicide Operations in Africa

Suicide attacks are a brutally effective terror tactic, irrespective of when, where or how they are executed. In Africa, the US Embassy attacks in Nairobi and Dar es-Salaam in 1998... Read more »
Africa: South African Crime Quarterly - Dealing With Violence [document]

I was recently approached by a media student from a London university who asked me to answer these questions for a task she had: Read more »
Africa: Peace and Security Council Report No 45 [document]

This month our researchers in Addis Ababa, Dakar and Pretoria have produced country analyses on Egypt, Guinea-Bissau and the Central African Republic (CAR). Read more »
West Africa: Counter-Terrorism Needs Greater Police Co-operation [analysis]

The growing number of terrorist attacks and the multiplicity of terrorist groups in West Africa demand increased cross-border cooperation among law enforcement agencies. Read more »

South Africa: Crime and Violence Is Not All Black and White in South Africa [opinion]

'Man, superman, gunman: Oscar Pistorius and South Africa's culture of violence.' This was the headline article in the influential Time magazine of 11 March 2013. In the article... Read more »

Africa: Making the Arms Trade Treaty Work in Practice Is the Real Challenge for Africa

An outcome that does not make everyone happy is the hallmark of a successful negotiation process, to paraphrase Australian Ambassador Peter Woolcott, president of the United... Read more »
Africa: Africa's Role in Shaping the International Nuclear Security Agenda

Nuclear security will once again take centre stage in July 2013 when the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) hosts a conference on enhancing global efforts to achieve... Read more »

South Africa: Will the ANC Alliance Hold as the 2014 Elections Approach? [analysis]

Tensions in South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) continue to raise questions about whether the ruling party - populated by individuals with varying ideological... Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Ntaganda Faces Justice At the ICC After Six Years On the Run [analysis]

On Tuesday 26 March, Bosco Ntaganda, a former rebel leader accused by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Democratic... Read more »

Africa: Priorities for African States Negotiating for an Arms Trade Treaty

A strong Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) is needed because of the poorly regulated international transfer of conventional arms and the current absence of global standards based on human... Read more »
West Africa: Policy Brief No 39 - Check Your Blind Spot, Confronting Criminal Spoilers in the Sahel, Tuesday Reitano and Mark Shaw [opinion]

Western governments focus heavily on the presence of Islamist extremists in the Sahel and have provided technical assistance in an attempt to strengthen the capacity of the... Read more »

South Africa: Is South Africa an Inherently Violent Country? [analysis]

Violence in South Africa has captured national and international headlines with the recent deaths of Anine Booysen, Reeva Steenkamp and Mido Macie in very different but equally... Read more »
Nigeria: The Threat of the 'unholy Trinity'

In January 2013, a statement from the White House claimed that the United States (US) government's counter-terrorism strategy had succeeded in eliminating al-Qaeda's core... Read more »

South Africa: Avoiding Stray Bullets - the Need for Improved Firearms Control

In his affidavit before the court, South African 2012 Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius stated that he kept a 9mm pistol underneath his bed because he was scared of... Read more »
West Africa: The New Ecowas Counter-Terrorism Strategy and Its Implications for West Africa

West African leaders have vowed to leave no stone unturned in their fight against terrorism. On 27 and 28 February 2013 this vow was embodied in the Political Declaration on a... Read more »

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