Research and Publication
- Hybrid Security Governance Project: Under a grant (2014-2017) from the International Development and Research Centre (IDRC) the ASSN currently implemented a research project titled ‘Hybrid Security Governance in Africa: Implications for State-building’. The project covered six African countries: Sierra Leone, Cote d’Ivoire, Somaliland, South Africa, Liberia and Nigeria.
- The ASSN network’s publications include Security Sector Reform Provisions in Peace Agreements (University of Birmingham Press, 2009), Changing Intelligence Dynamics in Africa (University of Birmingham Press, 2009) and La Reforme des Systèmes de Sécurité et de Justice en Afrique Francophone (OIF, 2009).
- ASSN members have also contributed to a series of DCAF publications relating to SSR in Africa, among them Les Défis de la Gouvernance du Secteur de la Sécurité en Afrique de l’Ouest; Gouvernance du Secteur de la Sécurité en Afrique de l’Ouest : Les Défis à Relever; Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector in West Africa: Opportunities and Challenges; Security Sector Transformation in Africa (Lit. Verlag 2010); Security Sector Governance in Francophone West Africa: Realities and Opportunities (Lit. Verlag 2011); and the ECOWAS-DCAF Guide to Parliamentary Oversight mentioned above.
In addition, network affiliates and individual members of the ASSN are involved in professional research and publication beyond those captured in this account.