As part of strategies to further strengthen the Network, the ASSN is pleased to announce the following changes in its leadership: Dr Niagalé Bagayoko will now be the new Chair of the ASSN. Niagalé has been a driving force in the ASSN and…
IDS Publishes Bulletin on Inclusive Peace and Security
The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) in April 2018, published a new archive edition of the its newsletter – IDS Bulletin on Inclusive Peace and Security. This Bulletin reprints articles, dating as far back as 1985, which are as relevant…
ASSN Holds Project Inception Meeting with OXFAM Novib
From 6 – 7 February 2018, a team from OXFAM Novib’s Conflict and Fragility Unit undertook a working visit to the Secretariat of the African Security Sector Network (ASSN) in Accra, Ghana. The main purpose of this visit was to…
ASSN Launches Inaugural Civic Society Security Training
The African Security Sector Network (ASSN) in partnership with the African Union – Defence and Security Division and the Directorate of Citizens and Diaspora Organizations (CIDO) launched an Inaugural 3-day civil society security and justice sector reform workshop from November…
Report of The Terminal Conference of the Hybrid Security Governance (HSG) In Africa Project
The terminal conference of the Hybrid Security Governance in Africa research project (HSG) was held in Accra, Ghana, from 21-22 July 2017. As with previous gatherings, it was organised by the African Security Sector Network (ASSN) with support from the…
ASSN Chair Releases New Publication
Prof Boubacar N’diaye, Chair of the ASSN Executive Committee (ExCo) has recently published a book titled: Mauritania’s Colonels: Political Leadership, Civil-Military Relations and Democratization. This book, the result of more than a decade of research, focuses on the socio-political dynamics and civil-military…
ASSN Collaborates with DCAF to Empower CSOs on Private Security Governance
On 22nd May, 2017, ASSN collaborated with the Geneva Center for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) to hold a workshop on supporting the role of civil society in promoting oversight and accountability of the private security sector. The…
HSG Project Launches Policy Briefs
The ASSN in association with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) are pleased to launch 4 policy briefs on Hybridity in Security Governance in selected project countries. The policy briefs are one of the key outputs of the Hybrid Security…