Welcome to the African Regional Pages
Welcome to the African regional site of the Centre for Security Sector Management (CSSM).
The African web-page is a repository of information on events, organisations, academic publications, research papers, country analyses, case studies, official documents and news items relevant to security sector management issues in the region. The aim of this site is to provide a valuable resource on Africa by facilitating the flow of up to date and relevant information among the range of diverse actors in the security sector in the region.
Contributions/queries can be sent to the CSSM Programme Manager for Africa, Ernest Lartey at: Ernest.Lartey@kaiptc.org
Guinea-Bissau: In Need of a State, 3rd July
International Crisis Group - Guinea-Bissau needs a state. Its political and administrative structures are insufficient to guarantee control of its territory, assure minimum public services or counter-balance the army’s dominance. This core weakness has been at the root of re more>>>
Clashes in Somalia kill 53, dozens wounded, 3rd July
MOGADISHU, July 2 (Reuters) - At least 53 people were killed in Somalia when Islamist insurgents clashed with Ethiopian troops and Ugandan peacekeepers in separate battles, a human rights group said on Wednesday. The latest flare-up in the 18-month-old insurgency came a more>>>
Tsvangirai rejects Zimbabwe talks for now, 3rd July
Tsvangirai says conditions not yet right for talks
* Government says Mugabe ready for negotiations
* Draft U.N. resolution calls for travel ban, asset freeze
* Britain backs sanctions drive
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L01237738.htm
Nepal: A comprehensive DDR framework
By Chiran Jung Thapa Recognizing the varied approaches towards DDR (disarmament, demobilization and reintegration), various UN agencies, departments, funds and programmes collaborated with other practitioners and organizations, and conceived the "Integrated DDR Standards more>>>
Robert Mugabe: a beast created by colonial Britain? 2 July
That Robert Mugabe's regime has brought Zimbabwe to its knees is unquestionable, but the responsibility for creating that regime lies uncomfortably closer to home. Michael Holman, a journalist who grew up in the town of Gwelo in Zimbabwe, explains.
Link to story
Somalia: UN Sanctions Action Against Pirates, 2 July
A move by the UN to allow certain countries to use "all necessary means" to repress piracy and armed robbery off the coast of Somalia is a welcome relief to the shipping industry. The United Nations Security Council last month allowed any State co-operating with the Somal more>>>
SOMALIA: Thousands displaced following attack on central town, 2nd July
Officials in Guri-Eil town in Galgadud region have appealed for urgent help for thousands of people displaced after fighting between Ethiopian troops and insurgents over the weekend.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79009
ZIMBABWE: Back to the past for a peaceful future. 2 July
JOHANNESBURG, 1 July 2008 (IRIN) - An echo of Zimbabwe's past is increasingly being viewed as the only peaceful solution left to save the country from itself. South African President Thabo Mbeki, who has been the southern African region's appointed Zimbabwe mediator for more>>>