26 November 2014

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – The African Union (AU) hosted the Africa Forum on Security Sector Reform (SSR), from 24 – 26 November 2014, at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa. The Forum was organised by the AU in collaboration with the Slovak Republic, the United Nations (UN), the European Union (EU), the African Security Sector Network (ASSN), the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) and its International Security Sector Advisory Team (ISSAT). The Africa Forum on SSR brought together representatives of AU Member States, Regional Economic Communities (RECs), Regional Mechanisms (RMs), the Pan African Parliament and senior government officials and experts engaged in SSR across Africa, as well as partners. (more…)

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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…)

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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…)

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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…)

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