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 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…
The worsening of the security situation in the Sahel, with a range of threats, entangled with each other is a major concern for peace and security. There is therefore a real interweaving of issues, actors, networks in the…
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…
From 21 to 25 March 2017 the relocated meeting of the Joint Committee on Political Affairs, Peace Security and APRM / Legal and Judicial Affairs of the Parliament of ECOWAS was held in Bamako. The theme was "Peace and…
The phenomenon of religious radicalization of young people was the main theme of the international seminar held on 14 and 15 February 2017 by the School of Officers of the National Gendarmerie (EOGN) with the support of the…
It is in an extremily tense political and security situation in The Gambia that Sanna CAMARA and Edrissa SANYANG held a roundtable discussion with the press on December 20th 2016 in the premises of Sub-Saharan Africa Centre…
On November 07 and 08 2016, Dakar hosted at the Savana Hotel the Conference on Security Challenges and Issues in the Sahel-Sahara Region. This was the first activity of the Sub-Saharan Africa Centre of Competence since it was…
The Centre for Studies and Training for Development (CEFOD) hosted the national workshop for the validation of the study on security issues and challenges in Chad, in N'Djamena on August 30. Professor Hassan Ahmat Mahamat…
The national validation workshop on the Niger study was held at Abdou Moumouni University in Niamey on August 10, 2016. The participants, concerned with security issues, represented the world of research, media and law…