The Republic of Djibouti rarely makes the headlines. Overshadowed by much larger countries in the Horn of Africa – Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, and with trouble spots Eritrea and Yemen a respective camel and dhow ride away – not to mention the neighbouring web of chaos that is Somalia – Djibouti appears serene in an otherwise 
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Forward Operating Base Djibouti: Africa’s Leading Host for Western Military Operations
By: Aly Verjee | Wednesday, July 27th, 2011Danish Institute for Human Rights’ Fergus Kerrigan discusses Informal Justice Systems
By: Geoff Burt | Monday, July 25th, 2011The head of the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) Access to Justice Programme, Fergus Kerrigan, discusses informal justice systems in series of videos (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4). This is one of the topics the Security Sector Governance Project at CIGI is currently working on, and I learned a lot from
ISSAT blog offers engaging practitioner analysis of SSR
By: Geoff Burt | Wednesday, July 20th, 2011I would like to direct your attention to a terrific new resource for SSR news and analysis. The International Security Sector Advisory Team (ISSAT) at the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) launched a new blog this April which features analysis from ISSAT staff and invited expert bloggers on key developments
Videos: Bruce Baker discusses state and non-state policing in Africa
By: Geoff Burt | Monday, July 18th, 2011For those who are interested in non-state policing and SSR, here is a link to a series of interesting lectures from Bruce Baker, Professor of African Security at Coventry University. The roughly 30-minute lectures include: Video One: Policing, State & Non-State in Africa Video Two: The State Police in Africa Video Three: Security Sector Reform
Report Highlights Areas for Improvement in EU SSR Efforts in the DRC
By: Jonathan_Blackham | Tuesday, July 12th, 2011A recent report by the Netherlands Institute of International Relations (Clingendael), provides a useful and succinct evaluation of current EU efforts to support SSR in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This report, entitled “The EU’s Support to Security System Reform in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Perceptions from the field in Spring 2010,
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