Security Sector Reform in Somalia

 The Heritage Institute published in January 2023 a report titled "Security Sector Reform in Somalia: Challenges and Opportunities" by Paul D. Williams and Afyare Elmi.

The report provides an overview of the current state of security reform in Somalia and assesses the different forms of security assistance provided by Somalia's main external partners: the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, and Turkey.

Status of UN Security Council Mandate in South Sudan (in English and French)

 The International Peace Institute, Security Council Report, and Stimson Center published in February 2021 a report titled "Prioritization and Sequencing of Security Council Mandates: The Case of UNMISS" by Victoria K. Holt and Julie Gregory.  

Nearly one year after the creation in South Sudan of a transitional government in February 2020, the main pillars of the June 2018 permanent cease fire and September 2018 peace agreement continue to hold, but their implementation has progressed at a worryingly slow pace.

The report is also available in French.  

Security Sector Reform in Africa

The Institute for Defense Analyses published on 13 August 2015 a brief analysis titled "Challenges and Opportunities for Security Sector Reform in Africa" by Alexander Noyes.  The author describes as failures security sector reform programs in Somalia, Guinea Bissau, and the DRC.  Successes include military reform in South Africa and Burundi and police reform in Kenya.