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Spotlight: SA police adopt evidence-based policing in annual performance plan

National and international research is being used with ISS support to develop and promote high-performance policing in South ...
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New technologies to address explosive hazards in Africa

ISS Africa organisation which enhances human security by providing authoritative research, expert policy advice and capacity ...
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Has the merger of governance and security worked for the AU?

One of the most visible dimensions of the African Union (AU) Commission reform was the creation of the Department of ...
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ISS Live: Investing in positive gender relations can prevent violence

Recent social media analysis in South Africa highlights the potential of in-person and online dialogue to shift harmful ...
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Can Africa bolster its bargaining power at the EU-AU summit?

At this week’s Luanda summit, several thorny issues relating to the security partnership must be confronted head-on.
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Soft power: missing element in the Chad-Cameroon border defence pact?

Insecurity in the border area takes the form of Boko Haram violence, inter-communal rivalries and various types of organised ...
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ENACT Live: Organised crime in South Africa – finding solutions in a fast-changing world

South Africa’s illicit economies will be considered within the context of the 2025 Global and Africa organised crime indices.
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As Somali pirates make a comeback, collaboration is key

Overstretched naval deployments and a focus on Red Sea security have left parts of the Western Indian Ocean vulnerable.
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Maritime security in Africa’s Western Indian Ocean

About the author Daniela Marggraff is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Ocean Regions Programme at the University of ...
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AU Commission reform must align with Africa’s ambitious agenda

The African Union needs more commissioners, not fewer, to efficiently handle the scope and complexity of continental ...
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Diving hazards put Somalia’s crustacean fishermen in deep water

Halkano Wario East Africa Regional Organised Crime Observatory, ENACT, ISS Nairobi Samira Aden Abdi Research Officer, East Africa Regional Organised Crime Observatory, ENACT, ISS Nairobi Ahmed is ...
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Guinea-Bissau’s unusual polls could spark another post-election crisis

Tensions are rising in Guinea-Bissau as the 23 November presidential and legislative elections approach. They take place in unusual circumstances. First, Parliament has not convened since December ...