23 February 2013 MONROVIA, Liberia – Following a request from the Committee on National Defence in the Liberian House of Representatives, seeking assistance in enhancing the parliamentary oversight capacity of the security-relevant committees in the House, the African Security Sector…
ASSN Inaugurates New Interim Executive Committee
1 February 2013 ACCRA, Ghana – The African Security Sector Network (ASSN) has unveiled a new interim executive committee, chaired by Boubacar N’Diaye from Mauritania. The team will stay in place pending the election of a substantive executive committee by…
Southern Africa Launches Revised Strategic Plan on Defence and Security
By Philip Emase* The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has launched a revised Strategic Indicative Plan for its Organ on Politics, Defence and Security (SIPO). The revised SIPO – christened SIPO II -was launched on 20 November 2012 in Arusha,…
African Union Rolls Out SSR Capacity-Building Programme
12-18 January 2013 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – The African Union (AU) has unveiled a multi-year programme to build its Security Sector Reform (SSR) capacity. The programme, themed ‘Building African Union Capacities in Security Sector Reform (SSR): A joint United Nations-European…
Southern Africa Launches Revised Strategic Plan on Defence and Security
20 November 2012 ARUSHA, Tanzania – The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has launched a revised Strategic Indicative Plan for its Organ on Politics, Defence and Security (SIPO). The revised SIPO – christened SIPO II – was launched on 20…
SADSEM Secretariat Relocation and Security Sector Governance Course in Malawi
1 November 2012 LILONGWE, Malawi – The Southern African Defence and Security Management Network (SADSEM) has relocated its secretariat to Mzuzu University in Malawi, moving from its base at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, where it…
Stakeholders’ Meeting on Lessons Learned in Kenya Police Reforms
1 November 2012 NAIROBI, Kenya – The Security Research and Information Centre (SRIC) held a stakeholders’ meeting in Nairobi to share lessons learned during Kenya’s police reform process, as well as to launch a publication documenting the findings of a…
Dialogue on Challenges facing Gender Mainstreaming in African Security Institutions
2-3 October 2012 ACCRA, Ghana – A stakeholders’ forum on ‘The Impact of and Persisting Challenges to Effective Gender Mainstreaming in African Security Institutions‘ was held on 2-3 October 2012 at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in…