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Human Security vs Scientific Freedom: How Bird Flu has Provoked an Overdue Debate
Dr. Edward Hammond is Director of Prickly Research (www.pricklyresearch.com) and an advisor to the Third World Network. Dr. Chandre Gould is a senior researcher in the Crime and Justice Programme of the ISS
Dangerous scientific experiments conducted to enhance the transmissibility of H5N1 (bird flu) has serious international and public health consequences.
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The Sahel: Is There a Solution to the Tuareg Insurgency in Mali?
David Zounmenou, Senior Researcher, Conflict Prevention and Risk Analysis Division, ISS Pretoria
The ongoing Tuareg-led rebellion in Northern Mali is a regional security threat. It needs a joint and coherent approach from the main actors to restore peace and save the democratisation process, however territorial integrity of Mali is likely to be non-negotiable.
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A Blast From the Past: Mpila Military Munitions Depot Explosion in the Republic of Congo
Lauren Tracey, Research Consultant, Transnational Threats and International Crime, ISS Pretoria
The recent military munitions depot explosion in the capital city of Brazzaville illustrates that there is still more work to be done in the area of weapons stockpile management in many African countries.
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Introducing the first short course presented by the African Centre for Peace and Security Training (ACPST): "Emerging Threats to Human Security in Africa (ETHSA)
With the support of the Geneva Center for Security Policy the ACPST
was created by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) in 2011 to boost practitioners’
ability to improve human security in Africa through short courses.
The decline of warfare in Africa has coincided with the emergence of
threats like electoral violence, terrorism, drug trafficking, cyber crime, maritime
insecurity and climate change. ETHSA will explore the nature of these threats,
why they have emerged, how they threaten human security, specific ways of
tackling them, and how they relate to each other and to traditional threats?
For more details on the course and to apply for admission, click here...
South Africa Insight, Episode 4
Is Kgalema Mothlanthe planning to take on president Jacob Zuma for the presidency of the ANC? The use of the intelligence services for political purposes in the ANC. The opposition is seemingly united against the so-called secrecy bill..
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Due for release on 27 March 2012: "Putting the brakes on traffic accidents" The new African Futures Policy Brief
Road traffic accidents in Africa are expected to rapidly increase
over the next four decades, becoming a major public health challenge
across the continent. However, our forecasts show that if policy
interventions in the continent effectively put the brakes on road
traffic accidents, then, cumulatively through 2050:
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4,2 million road traffic deaths would be prevented
- 144 million years of productive, healthy life would be saved
- US $ 234 billion would be added to the continent`s GDP
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