A Poisonous Thorn in Our Hearts: Sudan and South Sudan’s Bitter and Incomplete Divorce by James Copnall Published by Hurst and Company, London, March 2014. In his exhaustive and perceptive book, among the first to assess the birth of South Sudan in 2011, author James Copnall argues that Sudan’s bitter divorce is incomplete. On many 
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April | 2014
Book Review - Linked Fate of the Two Sudans
By: Brian Adeba | Wednesday, April 30th, 2014News Roundup: 21 April – 27 April
By: SSR Resource Centre | Monday, April 28th, 2014Want to keep up to date on the SSR field? Once a week, the SSR Resource Centre posts pertinent news articles, reports, projects, and event updates on SSR over the past week. Click here to sign-up and have the SSR Weekly News Roundup delivered straight to your inbox every week!
Publication Summary – When do disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration programmes succeed?
By: Lema Ijtemaye | Friday, April 25th, 2014A publication by the German Development Institute focuses on the successful implementation of disarmament, demobilisation, and reintegration (DDR) programs. The paper asserts that ex-combatants who do not engage in DDR programs often pose serious threats to the fragile political stability of those states. In turn, the failure of reintegration may also lead to the re-recruitment
Obstacles to Reforming Zimbabwe’s Security Sector
By: Eric Muller | Thursday, April 24th, 2014The prospects of reforming Zimbabwe’s security sector appear bleak. Opposition activists and international observers hoped that security sector reform (SSR) would finally top the political agenda following the post-2008 election violence, in which the security services were heavily implicated. However, the power-sharing Government of National Unity (GNU) that resulted from the post-election political stalemate allowed
News Roundup: 14 April – 20 April
By: SSR Resource Centre | Monday, April 21st, 2014Want to keep up to date on the SSR field? Once a week, the SSR Resource Centre posts pertinent news articles, reports, projects, and event updates on SSR over the past week. Click here to sign-up and have the SSR Weekly News Roundup newsletter delivered straight to your inbox every week!
Post-Revolution Challenges to Libyan Border Security
By: David McDonough | Wednesday, April 16th, 2014Following the overthrow of Gaddafi, Libya’s new government confronted a steadily declining political and security situation. In Benghazi, where the 2011 revolution began, there has been an upward trend of violence. The capital Tripoli has seen armed men besieging government ministries and even storming Parliament. Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was first kidnapped and more
News Roundup: 7 April – 13 April
By: SSR Resource Centre | Monday, April 14th, 2014Want to keep up to date on the SSR field? Once a week, the SSR Resource Centre posts pertinent news articles, reports, projects, and event updates on SSR over the past week. Click here to sign-up and have the SSR Weekly News Roundup newsletter delivered straight to your inbox every week!
Publication Summary – Curbing Violence in Nigeria: The Boko Haram Insurgency
By: Lema Ijtemaye | Friday, April 11th, 2014A new publication by the International Crisis Group focuses on the effects of the political violence in Nigeria, specifically the violence caused by Boko Haram. The insurgency led by Boko Haram, now entering its fourth year and showing no signs of abating, has had a particularly debilitating effect on Nigeria, resulting in the displacement of
Cyber-Terrorism and Canada’s Cyber-Security Strategy
By: Valarie Findlay | Wednesday, April 9th, 2014When we hear the term cyber-terrorism, it conjures up visions of government computers and networks going black and information and assets surreptitiously disappearing due to clandestine breaches. But, as our world becomes more and more computerized, the concept of cyber-terrorism has broadened, with targets that can range from a country’s security sector and critical infrastructure
News Roundup: 31 March – 6 April
By: SSR Resource Centre | Monday, April 7th, 2014Want to keep up to date on the SSR field? Once a week, the SSR Resource Centre posts pertinent news articles, reports, projects, and event updates on SSR over the past week. Click here to sign-up and have the SSR Weekly News Roundup newsletter delivered straight to your inbox every week!
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