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 team at theteam@ssronline.org
Rwanda threatens to curtail cooperation with UN | 28 August 2010
Rwanda has threatened to curtail its cooperation with the United Nations as the world body prepared to release an account highly critical of the African nation.
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UN DR Congo 'genocide' draft report - key excerpts | 27 August 2010
A UN report into massacres of Hutu civilians in DR Congo after the Rwanda's 1994 genocide has been leaked ahead of its official publication. Experts say it is the first rigorous investigation - the researchers required two independent sources for each of the 600 incident more>>>
The urgency of security sector reforms | 24 August 2010
The security sector in Zimbabwe, particularly the police, intelligence services and the army have been accused of abuse and perpetration of violence against ordinary citizens. As a result, the intelligence services, army and even the police are dreaded. This is largely becau more>>>
UN chief says effective rule of law remains a challenge in Liberia | 21 August 2010
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Friday said despite Liberia's progress in consolidating peace and security, the maintenance of effective rule of law remains a challenge for the West African country, Xinhua informed. In his latest report to the UN Security Council on Li more>>>
No rule of law, despite the unity government | 31 July 2010
A number of international legal organizations have warned that the current dire state of the legal and justice system in ‘impunity riddled Zimbabwe’ has continued to decline, despite the formation of the coalition government. In a report released last weekend, a coalition of more>>>
MONUSCO and partners discuss security sector reform | 30 July 2010
On 20 July 2010, an important working meeting brought together the Security Sector Reform Section of the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), international partners from 12 partner countries, several UN agencies and more>>>
FCO Minister discusses reform and the economy with Professor Arthur Mutambara, Deputy Prime Minister of Zimbabwe. | 26 July 2010
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister of State Lord Howell today met Professor Arthur Mutambara, Deputy Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, to discuss the Inclusive Government and its progress in driving the necessary reform for free and fair elections. The Ministers agreed on th more>>>
UN helps train anti-riot police officers ahead of Sudanese referendum | 7 July 2010
The United Nations has helped train some 200 anti-riot police officers in southern Sudan, which is preparing for next year’s referendum on whether it should secede from the country.
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