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27 November 2009: No End in Sight for DRC Crisis   The effectiveness of the United Nations peacekeeping mission (MONUC) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has again come under the spotlight. This is against the background of reports that the joint operations of MONUC and the Congolese armed forces (FARDC) have made far less progress in containing the illegal operations of various rebel movements and militias in the east of the country - the very groups whose operations MONUC is mandated to curtail – than was expected.   [Read more]

30 Nov 2009: ISS Seminar: Counter-insurgency and Counter-terrorism: Counter-productive Models for U.S.-Africa Relations

01 Nov 2009: ISS Paper 205: Political Violence in Kenya, A Study of Causes, Responses, and a Framework for Discussing Preventive Action, Thomas Obel Hansen   01 Nov 2009: ISS Paper 204: Confronting Complex Emergencies in Africa, Imperatives of a Search for a New Doctrine of Humanitarian ‘Security’ Interventions, Dr Annie Barbara Chikwanha   01 Oct 2009: ISS Paper 203: The International Politics of Rape, Sex and the Family in Sierra Leone, Megan MacKenzie   01 Dec 2009: SACrime Quarterly 30   Situation Report:  23 Nov 2009: Libya: A Critical Review of Tripoli’s Sub-Saharan African Policies, Amira Ibrahim  (PDF 145kb)   Situation Report:  20 Nov 2009: Another Crossroad for Burundi: From the FNL to Peaceful Elections in 2010  (PDF 167kb)   01 Nov 2009: Bringing Fairness to International Justice, A Handbook on the International Criminal Court for Defence Lawyers in Africa  (PDF 3MB)   01 Nov 2009: Policy Brief No 18: The growth of Marine Fisheries Ecolabelling in Southern and Eastern Africa: Potential Benefits and Challenges, Andre Standing  (PDF 133kb) 01 Oct 2009: Policy Brief No 17: A Place for Tradition in an Effective Criminal Justice System, Customary Justice in Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Zambia, Simon Robins  (PDF 182kb)   01 Oct 2009: Issue 3 theAfrican.org (open our new ezine for this issue)

18 Nov 2009: ISS Workshop Summary of Discussions: Concept Note: The Road to Copenhagen: Consolidating Africa’s Common Position on Climate Change Diplomacy  (PDF 210kb)     24 Nov 2009: Who Should be the Next NPA head? Interview with Hennie van Vuuren, Office Director, ISS Cape Town  (podcast)   29 Sep 2009: ISS Seminar Presentation by Dr. Tom O. Okurut, on Assessing Regulation of International Water Utilization in Africa  (podcast)   29 Sep 2009: ISS Seminar Presentation by Dr. Debay Tadesse on Review of Early Experiences, Current Challenges and Opportunities among the Nile Basin Riparian States  (podcast)     29 Sep 2009: ISS Seminar, Natural Resources Conflicts in West Africa: the Case of Niger River Basin, Dr Lulsegged Abebe  (podcast)   29 Sep 2009: ISS Seminar Presentation by Dr Lulsegged Abebe on West Africa on Natural Resources Conflicts in West Africa, the Case of Niger River Basin, Part 2  (podcast)   ISS Vacancy:  Programme Administrator: Crime and Justice Programme (CJP), ISS Pretoria Office  (Closing date 7 December 2009)   01 Nov 2009: ISS Feature: Climate Change: Africa Group in International Negotiations   17 Nov 2009: Human Security Dialogue Forum: Summary Report: The Nile, Lake Victoria and the Migingo Island - The Implication of the Use of Regional Commons on Sovereignty and Integration  (PDF 84kb)