23 October 2013 ABUJA, Nigeria – On 23 October 2013, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) marked AU Democracy Day with a symposium on rising insecurity in North Eastern Nigeria.
Regional Experts attend Executive Course on Gender and Security in Malawi
15 September 2013 LILONGWE, Malawi – The South African Defence and Security Management Network (SADSEM) and the Geneva Centre for Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) jointly organised an executive course on ‘Gender and Security‘ in Lilongwe, Malawi. The objectives…
Consultative Meetings with Ghana Prison and Immigration Services
August / September 2013 Accra, Ghana – The NGO WIPSEN-Africa organised two separate consultative meetings onMainstreaming Gender in the Security Sector with the Ghana Prison Service and the Ghana Immigration Service in Accra, Ghana on 30 August and 10 September,…
Remembering Len le Roux
03 September 2013 ACCRA, Ghana – It is with immense sadness that the African Security Sector (ASSN) received news of the passing last weekend of one of its founding members, Len le Roux. Len was a retired Major General of…
Prof. Eboe Hutchful Discusses the Challenges on SSR in Africa
Prof. Eboe Hutchful discusses the challenges related to political pushback on SSR in Africa due to its perception as being a foreign conception. He also argues that SSR discourse and existing structures typically marginalizes African sensitives and grounded research.
JSO INTERVIEW, FUMNI OLONISAKIN, 21ST JUNE PART 1
The JSO interview, Dr. Funmi Oloni-Shah- Khan offers some informed insights on war and peace on the continent.
Zimbabwean Academics Visit ASSN Secretariat
3 June 2013 ACCRA, Ghana – A team of eight Zimbabwean university lecturers visited the ASSN Secretariat in Accra on June 3, 2013. The lecturers were hosted by ASSN Interim Executive Secretary Eboe Hutchful and Maj Gen (Rtd) Nii Carl…
ASSN, KAIPTC Host ASSET AGM in Accra
31 May 2013 ACCRA, Ghana – The ASSN and the Kofi Annan Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) jointly hosted the Fifth Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Association for Security Sector Reform Education and Training (ASSET) in Accra, Ghana.