With her high heels, well-tailored suit and windswept hair, it's an understatement to say that Vlora Hyseni, the charismatic fifty-something leader of Albania's intelligence service, struck a contrast at the Committee of Intelligence and Security Services in Africa (CISSA) conference in Benghazi, Libya, on 25 and 26 August. The gathering of intelligence heads of more than 50 African countries is more accustomed to old men in dark suits or uniforms. 

The mere front-row presence of the head of Albania's