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African Security Sector Network

Introduction The African Security Sector Network (ASSN) recently signed a Memorandum of Grant Conditions with the International Development and Research Centre (IDRC)…

SADSEM Academics Document Regional National Security Policy and Practice in Special Issue of Journal

30 June 2014
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Various members of the Southern African Defence and Security Management (SADSEM) Network contributed articles to a special issue of the Journal of Public Policy in Africa (Joppa), published in June 2014 around the topic ‘National Security Policy and Practice: Case Studies from Southern Africa’. (more…)

ASSN, DCAF Parliamentary Workshop in Burkina Faso

12 June 2014
Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

On 10-12 June 2014, the African Security Sector Network (ASSN) and the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) jointly organised and facilitated a three-day parliamentary capacity building workshop in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. (more…)

ASSN’s Kellie Conteh Receives Sierra Leonean Presidential Award

28 April 2014
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – One of the ASSN’s eminent members, Brigadier (Rtd) Kellie Conteh, has been awarded Sierra Leone’s Grand Commander of the Order of the Rokel (GCOR). Brigadier Conteh received the award on 28 April 2014 from President Ernest Bai Koroma at State House in Freetown in recognition of his ‘outstanding contribution towards the reform of the security sector and the establishment of the Office of National Security.’ (more…)

Why Celebrate International Women’s Day? A Perspective From the Women, Peace and Security Agenda.

By Rachel Wallbridge* On March 8, the world marked International Women’s Day. This date is marked each year to celebrate…

Beyond Westgate: Security and Accountability in Kenya

By Dr. Awino Okech* The Westgate mall terror attack that began on Saturday, September 21, 2013, and ended three days…

Second ASSN Call for Security Sector Reform Consultants

10 March 2014
ACCRA, Ghana – Following the adoption of the African Union’s Security Sector Reform Policy Framework (AU-SSRPF) by the 20th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union in January 2013, the ASSN signed a Grant Support Agreement with the UN Office of Project Services (UNOPS) to develop a number of guidance tools and other instruments to support the implementation of the AU-SSRPF. A copy of the Terms of Agreement can be viewed on this link. (more…)

Regional Conference on Conflict and Security Governance in West Africa

14 – 16 January 2014
ABUJA, Nigeria – The CLEEN Foundation organised a three-day regional conference on Conflict and Security Governance in West Africa. The high profile conference, which took place on 14 – 16 January 2014 in Abuja, Nigeria, was organised to examine the prevailing perception that security personnel aggravate conflicts while trying to quell armed violence, an issue that has raised serious concerns amongst stakeholders in the international community. (more…)