Events

On 28 June 2018, the Association for African Studies in Germany (VAD) organised a major conference during which the Peace and Security Competence Centre Sub-Saharan Africa Office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES PSCC)…

On 28th March 2018, the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung-Peace and Security Centre of Competence Sub-Saharan Africa (FES PSCC) presented its study "Faces of Religious Radicalization in African Carceral Spaces", written by Dr. Sylvain…

On 20 to 21 March 2018, the Peace and Security Centre of Competence Sub-Saharan Africa of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES PSCC) co-organised with WANEP-SENEGAL a diagnostic workshop on common security challenges in the…

On 1st March 2018, the Peace and Security Centre of Competence Sub-Saharan Africa presented studies on the interactions between security threats in the Sahel, respectively on the themes "Conflicts between farmers and herders…

The political situation in Guinea-Bissau is characterized by recurrent instability. The political crisis is a source of deep concern at both national and international level. The Conakry Agreement, whose objective was to…

The "New Geopolitics of Peace Operations III" took place in Dakar. This was a cooperation between FES PSCC and SIPRI.

The increasingly complex political and humanitarian situation in the Sahel region is one of the major concerns for peace and security. The interweaving of issues, actors and networks further complicates the situation in the…

Political rivalries at the root of instability in Guinea-Bissau make it difficult to implement the Conakry Agreement. Although signed by rival political elites under the auspices of ECOWAS, there is no sign of progress on the…

The Peace and Security Centre of Competence Sub-Saharan Africa organized on October 31, 2017, a conference on "Media, Jihadists and Counter-Communication Strategy". It follows the first one around the theme "Authorities,…

On October 11, 2017, a workshop was held in Abuja, Nigeria on "Instability in Nigeria’s Niger Delta: The Post Amnesty Programme and Sustainable Peacebuilding". Organized by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Peace and Security…

From 19th to 20th July 2017, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Peace and Security Centre of Competence Sub-Saharan Africa in partnership with WANEP Gambia organized, in Banjul, a forum on "Rethinking Reconciliation and…

As a prelude to the Third Conference of the States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), scheduled for September 2017, the Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light Weapons (PFSALW) in collaboration with the…

Dakar hosted a workshop on new approaches to collective security from 14 to 16 May 2017. This is how the FES offices of the Peace and Security Network, accompanied by six (06) experts and a representative from the Overseas…

On Wednesday 24th May 2017, the Peace and Security Centre of Competence Sub-Saharan Africa (PSCC) of the Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung (FES) was visited by senior representatives of Guinea-Bissau's national research institutions.…

On 23 May 2017, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Peace and Security Centre of Competence Sub- Saharan Africa organized a conference entitled "Authorities, Media and Terrorism: the difficult equation" at the Pullman Téranga Dakar…

On 6 and 7 April 2017, selected experts from Europe and Africa supported by FES Peace and Security Centre of Competence Sub-Saharan Africa met in Cape Town, South Africa to interact in the context of an editorial workshop…

On March 28, 2017, the Peace and Security Centre of Competence Sub-Saharan Africa held the presentation of the consolidated report of the country studies on the Security challenges and issues in the Sahelo-Saharan region. It…