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| Feature: Enhancing Africa's responsiveness to crisis situations? |
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After Africa’s shortcomings in its response to the Mali crisis, can a new AU immediate-response mechanism provide capacity for continent-led intervention?
Almost ten years after the Peace and Security Council of the African Union was established, the African Peace and Security Architecture has gained a new tool: the African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crises. After intense discussions, the 21st Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the AU in Addis Ababa, decided on 26 and 27 May to create this mechanism designed as a transitional arrangement to fill the gaps revealed by the shortcomings of an African-led response to the crisis in Mali.
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| ISS Today |
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| Securing Africa's natural resources to avoid conflict |
As the commodities boom continues, Africa is realising the enormous potential of its natural resources. Careful management can reduce the potential for this to lead to conflict.
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| Can public involvement improve the quality of police recruitment in South Africa? |
The police minister believes that the public should be involved in establishing the suitability of potential police recruits, but important questions must be considered before this approach is put into place.
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| Failure to control drug trafficking aggravates Mali crisis |
Ample evidence suggests that organised crime, especially drug trafficking, is an overlooked issue exacerbating Mali’s political instability.
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| Events |
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Formation de l'ACPST: Plaidoyer et la Sécurité Humaine
Date limite: 7 juin 2013
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The objective of this course is to improve the efficiency of professionals working on issues related to human security in Africa. This course will be presented in French.
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150 years of humanitarian action: Historical contours and current crossroads
14 June 2013 |
As part of ICRC's '150 years of Humanitarian Action' commemorations, the ISS and the ICRC will convene a half-day colloquium.
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Kenya's Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission: Between principle and practice
20 June 2013 |
This seminar will examine the TJRC's process and outcome and assess whether or not it succeeded in establishing an authoritative record of Kenya's past abuses.
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ACPST Course: Emerging threats to human security in Africa
Application deadline 1 July 2013 |
The course will equip participants with knowledge, practical skills, and an enhanced networking ability to enable them to contribute to bringing about policy and behavioural changes that will help reduce the threats these challenges pose to human security.
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| ISS 4th international conference: National and international perspectives on crime reduction and criminal justice, 21 and 22 August 2013 |
The conference provides an exciting opportunity to showcase current criminological and contiguous research as well as policy initiatives from across the world.
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Enhancing South Africa's post-conflict development and peacebuilding capacity in the DRC
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This workshop formed part of a broader project on 'Enhancing South Africa’s Post-conflict Development and Peacebuilding Capacity in Africa'.
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| Publications |
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| Towards delivering credible polls in Zimbabwe |
This policy brief focuses on the context of these elections and considers a number of possible related trajectories.
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| Overview of religious radicalism and the terrorist threat in Senegal |
This report reflects in particular on whether radical religious movements in Senegal exist and could undertake violent actions in light of the regional context and unforeseeable circumstances.
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| Multimedia |
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| Won't back down |
South Africa Insight Episode 41: The ongoing debacle between the National Prosecuting Authority and Glynis Breytenbach poses some interesting questions concerning the independence and integrity of the NPA. Hamadziripi Tamukamoyo explains.
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