Given the grey area between policy and operations, transparency on the police minister’s directions to SAPS should be ...

Illicit economies in the Lake Tanganyika basin are fuelled by poor regional coordination against transnational organised ...

One of the most visible dimensions of the African Union (AU) Commission reform was the creation of the Department of ...

National and international research is being used with ISS support to develop and promote high-performance policing in South ...

The ISS is also grateful for support from the members of the ISS Partnership Forum: the Hanns Seidel Foundation, the European ...

Insecurity in the border area takes the form of Boko Haram violence, inter-communal rivalries and various types of organised ...

At this week’s Luanda summit, several thorny issues relating to the security partnership must be confronted head-on.

Recent social media analysis in South Africa highlights the potential of in-person and online dialogue to shift harmful ...

ISS Africa organisation which enhances human security by providing authoritative research, expert policy advice and capacity ...

South Africa’s illicit economies will be considered within the context of the 2025 Global and Africa organised crime indices.

About the author Daniela Marggraff is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Ocean Regions Programme at the University of ...

European Union-funded efforts encourage Sahelian governments to prioritise border protection over the protection of people on the move. Since 2015, European partners have funded interventions in the ...