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.
ASSN, UNOPS Sign Agreement to Support African Union SSR Capacity
7 April 2013 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – The African Security Sector Network (ASSN) has signed a Grant Support Agreement with the UN Office of Project Services (UNOPS) to develop a number of guidance tools and other instruments that will support…
African Leadership Centre Introduces New Academic Programmes
21 March 2013 NAIROBI, Kenya – The African Leadership Centre has announced two new masters programmes to be offered from the 2013-2014 academic year. These are an MSc in Leadership and Development and an MSc in Security, Leadership and Society.…