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Issue 43
Thursday, 1 November 2012 |
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6 November, Pretoria: Achieving Peace, Security and Justice in the Great Lakes Region
The ongoing
M23 rebellion in the DRC, which is allegedly
supported by Rwanda and involves the ICC
indictee General Bosco Ntaganda, has caused an unprecedented human security
crisis, with hundreds of thousands of Congolese being displaced. The
seminar aims at unpacking the dynamics of the current security situation in the
Great Lakes region.
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6 November: ISS and HSF Seminar, Nairobi: Oil and Gas Discoveries in Kenya and the Region: Opportunities and Challenges
As
Kenya draws increasing interest from major oil companies,
the
question is: what are the short- and medium-term projections for oil and
gas discoveries, and what are the geostrategic implications? Significantly, what policy options should Kenya pursue to
avoid
past development failures associated with petroleum and to militate
against potential conflict? This seminar will examine these questions,
with the aim of offering policy recommendations on improving
outcomes of oil and gas production.
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13 November: ISS Roundtable: Addis Ababa: Climate Change Crisis: But is Africa Climate Finance-Ready?
Given
the urgency of the climate change challenge, the ISS in partnership with the Hanns
Seidel Foundation, provides evidence-based advice to key decision
makers in order to promote a sound climate finance governance architecture in
Africa.
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16 November: ISS Seminar, The Hauge: African Efforts to End Impunity - Lessons for Complementarity from National and Regional Actions
The African Union`s position on the ICC creates the impression that
African states are resistant to international criminal justice. Many African countries are committed to
ending impunity: a majority have ratified the Rome Statute, four have
referred situations to the ICC, and most comply with the Court’s
requests for cooperation. The continent provides various examples of
international justice in practice, either in the form of ICC
complementarity or a wider array of justice processes driven by
governments and civil society. This seminar will consider what these
developments mean for our understanding of complementarity.
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20 November: Cape Town: The `State of the State` in South Africa
This
seminar on ‘the State of the State’ will create a platform for an analysis of
unfolding developments in the country’s political economy. It brings together
leading South African opinion makers to share their perspectives on some of these
issues and consider suggestions as to what to expect in the future.
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21 November, Pretoria: The African Standby Force: Police Dimension and Future Peace Support Operations
This ASF seminar seeks to provide a forum to
discuss such questions as: What is the progress made thus far in the
operationalisaton of the police dimension of the ASF? What are the main
challenges being encountered in the process and how are they being addressed? And,
what role will the police dimension of the ASF be able to play in Africa’s future
complex humanitarian emergencies, given lessons learnt from AMISOM’s
operational challenges and successes?
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10 December, Addis Ababa: African Centre for Peace and Security Training Course:
Reporting on Dangerous Zones: Journalism
as peace building
The course will focus on four broad areas. 1) Excellent reporting on
dangerous zones 2) Ethical reporting on dangerous zones 3) Journalism as peace building and conflict prevention 4) How to survive dangerous zones - Application deadline 1 November 2012
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ISS Debate: How will the outcome of the upcoming US election affect Africa?
 Will the US continue
to frame its foreign policy towards Africa through a counter-terrorism lens, as
has been the case in recent months? Or will we see a
continuation of the Bush-era growth in development aid, health care support
etc?
Join the discussion...
NEW PUBLICATION:
ECOWAS Peace and Security Report series
The ECOWAS
Peace and Security Report seeks to provide the decision makers of the
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) with informed analysis on
critical and topical human security situations in West Africa. The objective is
to produce independent, field-based policy research and analysis in a timely
manner to inform the ECOWAS decision-making process or alert its governing
structures on emerging issues. The ECOWAS
Peace and Security Report includes analyses of country situations and other
thematic issues, with recommendations. It is circulated, free of charge, both
electronically and in hard copy, to a diverse audience in West Africa and
beyond. The ECOWAS Peace and Security
Report is an initiative of the Conflict Prevention and Risk Analysis
Division (CPRA) of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), implemented by the
Dakar office with the support of the other ISS offices in Addis Ababa,
Nairobi and Pretoria. Read more...
Kenya’s Biometric Voter Registration: New Solution, New Problems
Mashaka Lewela and Emmanuel Kisiangani, Research Intern and Senior Researcher, Conflict Prevention and Risk Analysis Division, ISS Nairobi
Kenya’s much-awaited biometric voter registration is expected to help curb the fraudulent practices of manipulation and vote rigging that were prevalent in the previous manual registration system, but the new system is causing new problems and challenges for the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission.
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Is the African Union Still Focused on Child Soldiers?
Sandra Oder, Senior Researcher, Conflict Management and Peacebuilding Division, ISS Pretoria
Given the nature of the recurrent recruitment and use of African children by armed forces and groups on the continent, has the AU done enough to maximise ways to protect children and move the continental agenda forward?
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ISS Paper 240: Professionalism and the South African Police Service, Andrew Faull and Brian Rose
 This
paper explores developments in the concept of police professionalism
that have emerged in South Africa in recent years. It considers
professionalism in relation to comparable historical and contemporary
developments in the US and UK, and consolidates the different ways in
which these are currently manifesting in South Africa. Adding to the
current discourse, it suggests that a professional South African Police
Service (SAPS) should include a clearly defined, minimalist mandate.
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ISS Paper 239: From AMIB to AMISOM The need for institutional
and mandate clarity in APSA
APSA is a holistic framework that has permanent bodies set up to deal
with every area of its peace and security activities. This paper
analyses some of the practices in AU-led peace missions in light of the
AU normative framework in a way that informs the challenges of APSA’s
institutional future. While APSA is both a highly complex and an
evolving legal and institutional framework, there are some critical
constraints that APSA faces as it continues to provide a framework for
engaging in the continent’s conflicts. By providing an in-depth
examination of some AU peace operations (from AMIB in Burundi to AMISOM
in Somalia), the paper is aimed at stimulating debate on the
importance, for APSA, of achieving mandate and institutional clarity.
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ISS Seminar Report: Somalia After the Presidential Election: The Way Forward
This seminar started with opening
remarks by Ambassador Olusegun Akinsanya, Regional Director of the Institute
for Security Studies (ISS), Addis Ababa Office. He highlighted the missions and
activities of the ISS and then briefly introduced the current political and
security situation in Somalia. Subsequently, Mr Berouk Mesfin, a senior researcher
at the ISS Addis Ababa Office, chaired the seminar and introduced the two speakers
and the scope of their presentations.
The first speaker, Abdihakim
Aynte, who is an independent analyst from Mogadishu, Somalia, delivered a
presentation entitled ‘Challenges and Opportunities for Somalia’s
Post-Transitional Government’.
The second speaker was Getachew
Reda, the Director of Public Diplomacy and Communications of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia. His presentation was entitled ‘The Role of Ethiopia in Somalia’s Peace Process and
Stabilisation’.
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Somalia After the Presidential Election
ISS Seminar: Mr. Abdihakim Aynte Independent Analyst, Mogadishu, Somalia and Mr. Getachew Reda Director of Public Diplomacy and Communications, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ethiopia discuss their views on Somalia
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Crime and Security Threats in South Africa 2012
ISS Seminar: Gareth Newham and Hamadziripi Tamukamoyo highlight nuances that are not immediately apparent in the release of the South African Police Sevice annual crime statistics
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From the Marikana Inquiry to Spy Tapes
South Africa Insight Episode 28: Gareth Newham discusses current developments within the Marikana Commission of Enquiry including allegations of witness intimidation by the police and the details around the release of the Zuma spy tapes.
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