"Regional support is a good start, but much more than a SADC military deployment to Mozambique is needed." An insightful ISS Today article sheds light on this crucial topic. The article from our partner team at the Institute for Security Studies Pretoria is available in English, Portuguese and German.

Can social market economy elements contribute to inclusive, sustainable growth in African countries? This was a key question in our conversation with two leading South African experts from renowned Hanns Seidel Foundation partners, recorded for a new podcast episode in the "Global Perspectives" series.

This new textbook analysing human and economic development prospects in Africa was published recently by Dr Jakkie Cilliers from the Institute for Security Studies, with HSF support. Based on "Africa First! Igniting a Growth Revolution" (2020), the new Open Access book is met with great interest - it has already been downloaded more than 45000 times.

It's a great privilege for the Hanns Seidel Foundation to partner with News24 on the establishment of an Africa desk.

The recent seminar on “Crime trends in the time of Covid-19” on the occasion of the new quarterly crime statistics just released shed light on the impact of the pandemic and the lockdown restrictions on the development of crime in South Africa. It was hosted online by the Justice and Violence Prevention Program at the Institute for Security Studies.