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31 March 2006
Police stats show falls in some major crimes
... The number of murders, which peaked in the 1995/96 financial year at 26 877, dropped 30% to 18 793 in 2004/05, according to an analysis of national crime statistics by Institute for Security Studies researcher Antony Altbeker.
Malawi has more corruption and drug trafficking cases
... Charles Goredema, ISS Head of Organized Crime and Money Laundering Programme told AND in Lilongwe where his institution is conducting a number of meetings that although South Africa and Zimbabwe ranks highly in the SADC region on economic crimes Malawi must also do a lot to contain problems of corruption and drug trafficking which it faces.
30 March 2006
Police progress
According to new research by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), there has been a consistent drop in certain categories of serious crime over the past decade.
New Malawi Bill to Curb Terrorist Financing
African News Dimension
... Minister of Justice Henry Duncan Phoya said today in Lilongwe when he opened the Malawi College of Accountancy (MCA) and Institute for Security Studies (ISS) meeting which was organized to train the country�s accountants, auditors and investigators on sophisticated ways employed by those that are involved in money laundering and terrorist financing.
29 March 2006
ISS Today: Blasts in Ethiopian capital kill one, injure several
A series of five blasts killed one person and injured at least 14 others in Addis Ababa on Monday, the first fatality in a string of mysterious explosions in the Ethiopian capital. One person was killed and three others injured when the first blast ripped through a minibus in the southern part of the city.
Former Liberian dictator Charles Taylor disappears
... Chris Maroleng of the South Africa Institute of Security Studies says the Taylor saga sets a precedence for political leaders who believe they are immune from prosecution for human rights abuses.
Murders down, but rapes up
... Researcher Antony Altbeker said an increase in better-trained police officers is largely responsible for the improved figures.
28 March 2006
Corruption is barrier to achieving MDGs—Toure
... Speaking in Accra at a Regional workshop on advancing Anti-Corruption Conventions in Africa jointly organized by the Transparency International (TI) represented by its local branch, the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and the UNDP, Mr. Toure said that it is now a widely accepted fact that not only does corruption retard economic development, but it also contributes to political and social instability by undermining democratic institutions.
Mock emails 'not unusual' in spy game
... The irregular insertion of mocked-up emails into Project Avani was not a highly unusual method used by intelligence services if they were intent on sowing disinformation. This is the opinion of Chris Maroleng, Institute of Security Studies security analyst.
NIA's credibility being questioned
... 'Failure by the NIA to swiftly act on the hoax emails could have threaten national security, impacting on government making serious misjudgement and taking inappropriate action in relation the emails and this could have a long term consequence on the stability of the country,' says Chris Maroleng, a senior researcher for the Institute for Security Studies (ISS).
'The war is definitely behind us'
... “The amount of administrative preparation required before polling, simply in terms of the re-establishment of national government in the north, identification and registration of voters is of such a magnitude that even assuming the protagonists’ cooperation in the process, elections will not be held in 2006 and may even prove problematic for 2007,” said senior analyst Richard Cornwell.
27 March 2006
Corruption is barrier to achieving MDGs—Toure
Speaking in Accra at a Regional workshop on advancing Anti-Corruption Conventions in Africa jointly organized by the Transparency International (TI) represented by its local branch, the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and the UNDP, Mr. Toure said that it is now a widely accepted fact that not only does corruption retard economic development, but it also contributes to political and social instability by undermining democratic institutions.
ISS Today: IGAD Summit Adopts Nairobi Declaration
The 11th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Intergovernmental Authority of Development (IGAD) held in Nairobi, Kenya concluded adopting a declaration… The summit passed the declaration following extensive coverage of views on the political, security, economic, social and humanitarian challenges facing member states.
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