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News Archive: 2003-2008

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2009

20 Mar 2009: ISS Today: The Danger of Arms and Ammunition Stockpiles

19 Mar 2009: ISS Today: Madagascar: What Now?

18 Mar 2009: ISS Today: The Panel of the Wise Working for Peace

17 Mar 2009: ISS Today: Two Sides of the Same South African Police Service

16 Mar 2009: ISS Today: Mauritania: What Way Out of the Political Crisis in the Country?

  14 Mar 2009: Arrest Warrant for Sudanese President Al-Bashir. SABC International Interview with Issaka Souare, Senior Researcher, ISS  (wmv video)

13 Mar 2009: ISS Today: Liberia, Africa’s inspiration on gender equality

12 Mar 2009: ISS Today: Migingo Island Dispute May Threaten East African Integration

11 Mar 2009: ISS Today: South Africa: Rural Poor Bear The Brunt of Dysfunctional Land Reform

10 Mar 2009: ISS Today: Will Putting a Price On Carbon Solve the Climate Crisis?

09 Mar 2009: ISS Today: Xenophobia: Let It Not Happen Again

06 Mar 2009: ISS Today: The Role of Civil Society in Security Sector Governance in Kenya

05 Mar 2009: ISS Today: Ten Years On: Still Striving for a Mine-Free Africa

04 Mar 2009: Statement: Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding Between the ISS and the Lake Victoria Basin Commission

04 Mar 2009: ISS Today: Double Political Assassinations in Guinea Bissau: What Future for the Country?

03 Mar 2009: ISS Today: Managing The Managers - South African Police Service Station Commissioners In Dire Straits

02 Mar 2009: ISS Today: A New Era for Democracy in Africa?

  02 Mar 2009: ISS Seminar on Developments in South Sudan, Pretoria, 27 February 2009: SABC International Interview with Len le Roux, Head, ISS Pretoria Office  (wmv video)

  02 Mar 2009: Guinea Bissau President Assassinated. CNBC Interview with Dr David Zounmenou, Senior Researcher, ISS  (wmv video)

27 Feb 2009: ISS Today: Age and Gender as Key Components of Africa’s Future Leadership

26 Feb 2009: ISS Today: The ICC Decision on the Indictment of Sudan’s President and Possible Outcomes

25 Feb 2009: ISS Today: South Africa: Is the Pot Calling the Kettle Black in the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department?

24 Feb 2009: ISS Today: The Changing Geo-Political Situation in Eastern DRC and the Impact on Stability in the Region

22 Feb 2009: ISS Today: A Failure of Integrity

19 Feb 2009: ISS Today: African Leadership

18 Feb 2009: ISS Today: Prevention of Further Conflicts over Access to Natural Resources

  17 Feb 2009: SAA Drug Scandal: eTV Interview with Peter Gastrow, Head, ISS Cape Town  (wmv video)

17 Feb 2009: ISS Today: South Africa – What Future Without the Scorpions?

16 Feb 2009: ISS Today: Criminal Reporting in South Africa?

13 Feb 2009: ISS Today: Madagascar Again Engulfed by Political Violence

12 Feb 2009: ISS Today: The Value of Life in Kenya

11 Feb 2009: ISS Today: The Per Diem Syndrome

10 Feb 2009: ISS Today: Policing Criminality in Chad

09 Feb 2009: ISS Today: South Africa – A Nation in a Good State?

07 Feb 2009: ISS Today: A Timely End To The ‘War on Terror’

06 Feb 2009: ISS Today: Stoking the Fires: The International Arms Trade in Africa

05 Feb 2009: ISS Today: Syndicated Crime Continues to Challenge Southern Africa

04 Feb 2009: ISS Today: Somalia: Al-Shabaab Takeover of Baidoa, a Case of the Chickens Coming Home to Roost?

03 Feb 2009: ISS Today: Democracy Under Threat in Niger

03 Feb 2009: ISS Today (Français): Niger: Danger sur le processus démocratique

02 Feb 2009: ISS Today: Promising a Crime Free South Africa

30 Jan 2009: A Bridge Too Far: Demobilising the FDLR

29 Jan 2009: ISS Today: Somalia: The Djibouti Process Has a Better Chance of Success

28 Jan 2009: The RECs as Building Blocks Towards an Effective Continental Integration

27 Jan 2009: In Memoriam: Jan van Eck

27 Jan 2009: ISS Today: Grand Coalition in Kenya Accused of Grand Corruption

26 Jan 2009: ISS Today: Bad Governance Can’t Cow the Media into Silence in Africa

23 Jan 2009: ISS Today: Public Officials in South Africa Must Embrace The Spirit Of Service

22 Jan 2009: ISS Today: An Uncertain Future for Uranium Mining in Africa

21 Jan 2009: ISS Today: Imperatives for Security Sector Reform in Zimbabwe

20 Jan 2009: ISS Today: Tracking Proceeds of Crime in Uganda, Malawi and Zimbabwe

19 Jan 2009: ISS Today: “Rent-a-Cop” Revived in Cape Town

16 Jan 2009: ISS Today: Casting Lead and Breaking Rules in Gaza

15 Jan 2009: ISS Today: Kenya in Dire Need of a National Environmental Policy

14 Jan 2009: ISS Today: Will Eritrean President Issayas Afeworki Ever Change his Regime’s Domestic and Foreign Policies?

13 Jan 2009: ISS Today: A New Balance of Power in Somalia

  12 Jan 2009: Judgement on Jacob Zuma by the Supreme Court of Appeal. eTV Interview with Peter Gastrow, Head, ISS Cape Town  (wmv video)

12 Jan 2009: ISS Today: Africa 2009: Some Preliminary Observations

09 Jan 2009: ISS Today: The Future of Opposition Parties After the Recall of Mbeki

08 Jan 2009: ISS Today: New High Profile Campaign to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons Launched

07 Jan 2009: ISS Today: Possible Scenarios for Eastern DRC in 2009

06 Jan 2009: ISS Today: Guinea’s Military Coup a Blessing in Disguise?