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Over the past two decades, security sector reform (SSR) has emerged as a principal means for promoting peace and stability in Africa. Now a newer concept known as population-centric security sector transformation (SST) seeks to advance the…

Maj. Gen. Cyprien Ndikuriyo of Burundi’s Ministry of Defense and War Veterans spoke on June 24, 2014, at the U.S. Africa Command Academic Symposium at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre in Accra, Ghana. The…

BBC NEWS AT BBC.CO.UK/NEWS Entrepreneurs Nissan Bahar and Franky Imbesi are increasing computer access by providing an operating system on a USB thumb drive. They are testing the project in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, and hope to sign up…

JAMES JEFFREY/IPS AFRICA In the Entoto Mountains, workers are completing  Ethiopia’s first observatory. Studying stars and galaxies will be vital for this nation’s development, scientists say. “Space technology is often considered a…

SSR Offers Stability for Governments and PROTECTION for Civilians ADF STAFF Photos by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Leaders considering the necessity of security sector reform (SSR) need look no farther than the small West African nation of…

Vice Adm. Mathew Quashie, Ghana’s chief of defence staff, spoke with ADF after he gave the keynote address on June 25, 2014, at the U.S. Africa Command Academic Symposium at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre in…

ADF STAFF They are called “born frees,” South Africans born after the nation’s transition from apartheid to democracy. On May 7, 2014, 20 years after Nelson Mandela became the first black president, the first group of born frees went to…

A Commitment to Voluntary Security Principles in Ghana Helps Protect Oil Wealth and a Way of Life ADF STAFF When Ghana’s Jubilee oil field was discovered in 2007, it had the potential to be a game changer for the West African nation. With…

African Nations Move Beyond Their Borders in Adopting Standards for Their Militaries and Police Forces ADF STAFF In an impressive show of unity, more than 1,000 people representing 25 African Union nations met in Yaoundé, Cameroon, in…

Security Professionals Weigh the Risks and Rewards of Partnering with Non-State Security Actors ADF STAFF In May 2013, a group of young men in northern Nigeria’s Borno State decided to fight back against Boko Haram. Crudely armed with…