Event Dialogues about Security Challenges in the Sahelo-Saharan Region The Tunisian Study was presented by Brigadier General Nouri Ben Taous On April 1, 2016, Retired Brigadier General Nouri Ben Taous presented a state of the art review on security challenges and issues in Tunisia in the framework of a national validation workshop on FES premises in Tunis.
Event Dialogues about Security Challenges in the Sahelo-Saharan Region Rabat hosts the national validation workshop on the Morocco Study The national validation workshop on the Morocco study was held in Rabat on February 25, 2016. Our colleagues at the Moroccan branch of FES kindly organized the event. Prof. Moussaoui El Ajlaoui presented his study on Security challenges...
Event Abuja debate Abuja Debate: Displacement, Human Security in West Africa In continuation of the series of its ‘Abuja Debates’, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) started the year 2015 addressing the topic of “Displacement & Human Security in West Africa”. The debate, which held on the 20th of January, brought...
Event Maritime Security Securing the Maritime Space in the Gulf of Guinea Maritime security should be part of national and sub-regional public discourse in order to promote innovative cross-regional cooperation initiatives to address the comprehensive peace and security challenges threatening stability in the...
Event Abuja debate Abuja Debate: Women in Peacebuilding in West Africa Women have played a significant role in recent peace processes throughout West Africa. For example, in Liberia of 2003, it was the ‘Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace’, which made its voice heard and helped end the war. In Mali of...
Event Abuja debate Abuja Debate: Opportunities for Peace, the Role of Youth in Conflict in West Africa On July 17th, in the framework of its programme “Get to Know ECOWAS” which brought together 15 West African young leaders in Abuja from July 14th to July 18th, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung organised another of its Abuja debates to openly...
Event Abuja debate Abuja Debate: Constitutional Debates and Democracy – Is Democracy Losing Ground? On June, 26th, 2014 the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung continued the series of Abuja debates and again provided a platform for representatives of civil society, high-ranking officials as well as politicians and academics to exchange informally...
Event ECOWAS Security Privatisation in West Africa The theme of “Security privatisation in ECOWAS” was the focus of a conference held from 11 to 13 June 2014 on the premises of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung’s Office in Cotonou. Participants were drawn from Bénin, Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria,...
Event Maritime Security Towards a Comprehensive Maritime Security Regime in the Gulf of Guinea From 21st to 23rd of May 2014, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) and the National Defence College (NDC) Nigeria co-organised an international conference on "African Approaches to Maritime Security: The West and Central African...
Event Abuja debate Abuja debate: Conflict management in West Africa For its first debate of the year, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) opened the series of Abuja Debates for 2014 with a discussion on conflict management in West Africa. By gathering a broad range of stakeholders, the FES once more...
