Libya is facing an ongoing governance crisis. The transitional government put in place after the NATO-assisted uprising against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi succeeded in conducting elections and putting together an electoral process for the constitution drafting committee. However, violence continues despite the free elections of July 2012. There have been numerous bombings and attacks against the 
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May | 2013
Libya’s Governance Crisis
By: Isaac Caverhill-Godkewitsch | Friday, May 31st, 2013Kenya: Drones to Spy on Arms Smugglers
By: Chris Bordeleau | Wednesday, May 29th, 2013This post discusses how Kenya is looking to acquire drones to monitor small arms smuggling in the region. Kenya’s fight against small arms trafficking is bringing new technologies to the region. With help from the United States and Japan, Kenya is looking to acquire unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) — more colloquially referred to as drones
News Roundup: 20 May - 26 May 2013
By: SSR Resource Centre | Monday, May 27th, 2013Want to keep up to date on the SSR field? Once a week, the SSR Resource Centre posts pertinent news articles, reports, projects and updates on SSR related events over the past week. **NEW** Click here to have the SSR Weekly delivered straight to your inbox every Monday! - News Articles India: Crying need for
Weekly News Roundup: 13 May – 20 May 2013
By: SSR Resource Centre | Tuesday, May 21st, 2013Want to keep up to date on the SSR field? Once a week, the SSR Resource Centre posts pertinent news articles, reports, projects and updates on SSR related events over the past week. **NEW** Click here to have the SSR Weekly delivered straight to your inbox every Monday! - - News Articles Zimbabwe’s Central Intelligence Organization
Field Report: International Security Forum & Partnership for Peace Consortium Annual Conference
By: Frederic Labarre | Tuesday, May 14th, 2013Security Governance Group Associate Frederic Labarre writes a field report based on his experiences at the 10th ISF and the 15th PfP C Annual Conference from 22 April – 24 April 2013. The joint International Security Forum (ISF) and Partnership for Peace Consortium (PfP C) Annual Conference were a success merely by their numbers; over three
News Roundup: 6 May – 12 May 2013
By: Sean Jellow | Monday, May 13th, 2013Want to keep up to date on the SSR field? Once a week, the SSR Resource Centre posts pertinent news articles, reports, projects and updates on SSR related events over the past week. **NEW** Click here to have the SSR Weekly delivered straight to your inbox every Monday! - News Articles Elections in Zimbabwe May
Fading Hope for SSR in Zimbabwe
By: Sean Jellow | Thursday, May 9th, 2013Hope for security sector reform in Zimbabwe is disappearing quickly as the political crisis in the country drives a deepening wedge into the weak coalition government. With the general elections tentatively set for 29 June, the time needed to ratchet down the tension is in short supply. If an agreement to keep the security forces
News Roundup: 25 April - 5 May 2013
By: Sean Jellow | Monday, May 6th, 2013Want to keep up to date on the SSR field? Once a week, the SSR Resource Centre posts pertinent news articles, reports, projects and updates on SSR related events over the past week. **NEW** Click here to have the SSR Weekly delivered straight to your inbox every Monday! - - News Articles Chiefs Will Not Meet
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