Series

The mission and overall goal of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) is to advance human security in sub-Saharan Africa. It does so by providing evidence-based policy advice, technical support and capacity building expertise to those that need it. The ISS Situation Reports Series supports these efforts by providing different types of conflict analysis.

Publishers: Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
Publications: Somalia: Fighting the Odds in the Search for Peace after the Transition
Zambia's Constitution-Making Process
Long Walk to Restoration: Lessons from Somalia’s Transition Process
Climate Finance: Mobilising Private Sector Finance for Mitigation and Adaptation
Angola's Second Post-War Elections
Mali in the Aftermath of the French Military Operation
The Somali Diaspora: Options for Post-conflict Reconstruction
Implications of Cash-Dominated Transactions For Money Laundering
Kenya's Neglected IDPs
Le scrutin électoral de 2011 en RDC et au-delà
Zimbabwe's Tortuous Road to a New Constitution and Elections
Swaziland's Non-Party Political System and the 2013 Tinkhundla Elections
The 2011 DRC Election Polls and Beyond
Mozambique: Post-War Socio-Economic and Political Challenges
Two Decades on Conflict and Democracy in Sierra Leone
Encouraging Political Participation in Africa
Rapport sur la sécurité humaine dans l'espace CEDEAO
Libya and the Responsibility to Protect
Kenya and the Pest of Piracy
South Sudan: Origins and Implications of Emerging (In)security Dynamics
The 2011 GIBSA Conference on the United Nations Security Council
Perspectives on Africa’s Response to the ICC’s Arrest Warrants in the Libya Situation
Angola: Parallel Governments, Oil and Neopatrimonial System Reproduction
The 2011 Elections in Nigeria
Uganda: Analysis of and Reflection on the 2011 Elections
Elections, Politics and External Involvement in Djibouti
Post-Referendum Security Scenarios for South Sudan
South Africa’s Second Term at the UN Security Council
Completing the Demobilisation, Disarmament and Reintegration Process of Armed Groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Link to Security Sector Reform of FARDC
Sierra Leone: Business More Than Usual
A Critical Assessment of Security Challenges in West Africa
Une évaluation critique des défis de la sécurité en Afrique de l’Ouest
Burundi: Overview of the 2010 Elections and Observations on the Way Forward
Liberia: The 2011 Elections and Building Peace in the Fragile State
Zimbabwe: Are Targeted Sanctions Smart Enough?
Jonglei 2010: Another Round of Disarmament
Changing Paradigm in Somalia
Libya: A Critical Review of Tripoli’s Sub-Saharan African Policies
Another Crossroad for Burundi: From the FNL to Peaceful Elections in 2010
Another Crossroad for Burundi: From the FNL to Peaceful Elections in 2010
The Power of Regional Economic Communities
Madagascar: Anatomy of a Recurrent Crisis
Cameroun: Une Analyse Juridique de la Mutation Constitutionnelle du 10 Avril 2008
Unpacking the Zimbabwe Crisis: A Situation Report
Ghana's 2008 Election: Towards a Consolidated Democracy?
Environmental Crimes in Ethiopia
The Proposed AU Authority
Somalia: Understanding Al-Shabaab
Resolving the Chadian Political Epilepsy
Africa 2008 – 2009: Retrospective Look at the Past Year and Forecast for the New Year
Burundi: The End of the Tunnel?
The (Northern) Uganda Peace Process
Kenya - A Year after the Crisis
Western Sahara: Understanding the Roots of the Conflict and Suggesting a Way Out
Ethiopia and Eritrea in Turmoil
Assessing Security Sector Reform and its Impact on the Kivu Provinces
Les relations franco-africaines : changement et continuité ?
Sudan: What Implications for President Al-Bashir's Indictment by the ICC?
Angolan Legislative Elections
The Eritrea-Djibouti Border Dispute
Peace in the Kivu’s?
Africa Aviation Security
Managing Post-War Liberia
Egypt: The Political Process Between 'Opening Up' and 'Control'
Situation Critical: The Anjouan Political Crisis
The Ouagadougou Political Accord
Chad: Wading Through a Domestic Political Crisis in a Turbulent Region
The United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC)
Eastern Sudan: Challenges Facing the Implementation of the Peace Agreement in Gedaref State
Somalia: Have All the Options Run Out?
Northern Uganda: Emerging Threats to Peace Talks
Implications of the 2007 Elections on Moroccan Political Development
The Perilous Journeys of sub-Saharan African Emigrants to Europe
Trouble in Eastern DRC
Why AFRICOM?
In the Eye of a Cyclone
The Demobilisation, Disarmament and Reintegration Process in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A Never-Ending Story!
Dual Realities: Peace and War in the Sudan
The Niger Delta Crisis and its Implications for Nigeria’s 2007 elections
Learning to Use Force on the Hoof of Peacekeeping
The Juba Peace Talks
Lesotho: On the Path to Democracy and Stability?
Looking East: The Politics of Peacemaking in the Beja Region of Sudan
Zambia's 2006 Elections
Darfur and the Battle for Khartoum
Democratic Republic of Congo Update
Sudan: Eighteen Months After the CPA
The Impact of Slow Military Reform on the Transition Process in the DRC
Northern Uganda: From a Forgotten War to an Unforgivable Crisis
Future Scenarios for the Democratic Republic of Congo
Zimbabwe: Increased Securitisation of the State?
Update on the Status of Army Integration in the DRC
Feeding the Peace
The Gacaca Process
Is Ituri on the Road to Stability?
Zimbabwe’s 2005 Elections: Overture or Finale?
Southern Africa Assessment
Mozambique's 2004 General Elections
Short Commentary on Somalia
Summary Overview of Security Sector Reform Processes in the DRC
Zimbabwe: Reaping the Harvest?
São Tomé and Príncipe Update
Tightening the Noose: Narrowing the Democratic Space for NGOs in Zimbabwe
Update on the DRC
Insecurity in South Sudan
Update on the DRC transition
Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change
São Tomé and Príncipe Update
The South Sudan Defence Force (SSDF)
Guinea-Bissau: Perspectives on the Up-Coming Elections
Burundi Update
War, Peace and Diamonds in Angola
Ethiopian-Eritrean Relations
Mapping the Road to Peace in Burundi
Up-coming Local Elections in Mozambique
Fiddling While Zimbabwe Burns
Coup d’état in São Tomé e Príncipe:
Burundi: Critical Challenges to the Peace Process
Liberia: Peace at Last?
Botswana: Future Prospects and the Need for Broad-based Development
Memorandum on S. Tomé e Principe
Swaziland: The King’s Constitution
Interview with Dr Ghazi Salahudin Atabani, Presidential Advisor for Peace, Government of Sudan
Interview with Martin Kenyi and Garhoth Garkuoth of the South Sudan Defence Force
Burundi: The African Union’s First Mission
Interview with Dr Lam Akol of the Justice Party
Prospects for Political Transition in Zimbabwe
Refugees and Internally Displaced People's in Africa
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