Events

The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) and the West African Network for Security and Democratic Governance (WANSED) share common objectives in promoting peace, security and democratic governance in West Africa. Since 2004, both…

At the initiative of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), a regional round table of experts on economic governance of food security in West Africa was held collaboration with Oxfam and the West African Civil Society Platform…

The third edition of the “Get to Know ECOWAS Training Programme” organized by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung was successfully held in Abuja, from 13th to 22nd June 2012.

The "Get to Know ECOWAS Programme" 2011 was successfully held in Abuja, Nigeria with 17 participants including 15 juniors experts from ECOWAS member states and two FES Abuja Interns. This year again, the ECOWAS Commission has…

WANSED’s newly elected Executive Committee met for its first working session in Praia. Cape Verde, in order to establish a strategic plan as well as a work plan for 2010 – 2011.

In its quest to widen the discourse about security policy and regional security architecture and to foster interregional dialogue between African regions and the EU as well as international organizations working on issues…

As Nigeria’s electoral commission (INEC) prepares for the upcoming elections, this meeting jointly organized by INEC and FES allowed to identify critical security challenges during election periods and suggested strategies to…

In continuation of its efforts to support the ECOWAS Vision 2020, FES organized this programme to allow 12 junior experts from the region to familiarize themselves with various instruments ...

The Cases of Guinea and Guinea Bissau by Dr. Gilles Olakounle Yabi. This study is part of a series of studies that investigate how regional organizations in Africa deal with conflict and political crises in their member…