WANSED General Assembly: Emerging Security Threats and Regional Responses

The annual general assembly of the West African Network on Security and Democratic Governance (WANSED) was the first organized and steered by the newly elected WANSED Executive Committee. WANSED members and guest experts debated their interpretations of emerging security threats. Discussions largely evolved around the impact of the Libyan war, links between organized crime and terrorism, and election-related crises. Furthermore, WANSED launched its modules of an SSG Training Program for civilian actors and formed a working group on SSR in Guinea.