Publications

22.08.2013 | Organized Crime | Publication

Reports by the UN Office for Drug Control (UNODC) suggest that, over the past decade, transnational criminal networks have infiltrated West African polities up to the highest circles. By means of coercion and corruption, criminal elements are realising enormous profits while gaining influence over bodies politic on both the local and national levels.


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06.05.2013 | Organized Crime | Publication

Data compiled by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) suggests that West Africa has become a major hub of Organised Crime, both in terms of volume and quality. Transnational Crime has spread into all spheres of public life through trafficking, money laundering, and tax evasion. It is undermining state structures in virtually all West African countries.


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22.04.2013 | Social Democracy | Publication

Political ideologies are normally not easy to understand and to define. Too many descriptions of theories and interpretations have been published. Due to the fact that many people ask about the values and principles of Social Democracy, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung as a social democratic foundation tries to bring light into the darkness.


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22.02.2013 | Democratic Governance & Human Security | Publication

The national elections in Nigeria 2011 were labelled the freest and fairest in the history of the Nigerian democracy. Every election so far had been accompanied by violence but the outbreaks in Northern Nigeria 2011 reached a new level and are a testimony to the grievances in the region and the rising tension. Especially young adults were part of the crisis.


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28.11.2012 | Mali | Publication

In the fourth of the series “Abuja Debates” the study “The Role of Nigeria in Regional Security Policy by Prof. Warisu Oyensina Alli was publicly presented for the first time. The ensuing discussion among experts on the panel and guests from the audience made apparent that dissenting opinions about the role of Nigeria in the region exist. That notwithstanding, it is likely that ECOWAS’ efforts in Mali will also reflect on Nigeria and her aspirations as a regional leader. So, can Nigeria be conceived of as the regional hegemon in West Africa?


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25.11.2012 | Security Policy | Publication

The emergence of the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) has raised many hopes and expectations. Its development is at the heart of integration processes throughout the ontinent and receives considerable international assistance. Much of the attention, however, is focused on the African Union and the Regional Economic Communities.


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22.11.2012 | Security Policy | Publication

In order to integrate gender more systematically into its regional work in West Africa, FES had commissioned gender analyses of its thematic project areas in 2010.


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06.09.2011 | Mali | Publication

The conflicts in northern Mali and the region of the central Sahara are increasingly complex. The region has traditionally been a pathway for many illegal commercial activities such as drug, arms or human trafficking from West and North Africa to Europe.


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06.09.2011 | Elections | Publication

Elections remain a main trigger of violence and insecurity in West Africa, and security forces (police, gendarmerie, military) do play a key role in electoral processes in the region. The study at hands provides insights for those interested in improving electoral management and organizing free and fair elections, about how to securitize electoral processes and structure the involvement of security services.


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21.08.2011 | Oil Governance & Development | Publication

Countries in the Gulf of Guinea belong to those richest in resources yet poorest in development, stability and governance. Moving beyond the traditional concept of the ‘resource curse’ this edited volume analyses from numerous angles the relation between resource wealth, citizens’ welfare, economic growth, probability of conflict and democratic governance.


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Organized crime, security threats and governance: The sustainability of European Union programmes in West Africa

Ikoh, Moses U.

Organized crime, security threats and governance: The sustainability of European Union programmes in West Africa

Abuja, 2014

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The African Union, the African peace and security architecture, and maritime securtiy

Engel, Ulf

The African Union, the African peace and security architecture, and maritime securtiy

AddisAbaba, 2014

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African approaches to maritime security

Borges Coelho, João Paulo

African approaches to maritime security

Southern Africa
Maputo, 2014

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African approaches to maritime security

Ukeje, Charles; Mvomo Ela, Wullson

African approaches to maritime security

the Gulf of Guinea
Abuja, 2013

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The role of Nigeria in regional security policy

Alli, W. O.

The role of Nigeria in regional security policy

Abuja, 2013

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The impact of organised crime on governance in West Africa

The impact of organised crime on governance in West Africa

Abuja, 2013

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South Africa in Southern Africa

Zondi, Siphamandla

South Africa in Southern Africa

a perspective
Maputo, 2012

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Shared governance of peace and security

Moulaye, Zeïni; Niakaté, Mahamadou

Shared governance of peace and security

the Malian experience
Abuja, 2012

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Towards peace and security in Southern Africa

Van Nieuwkerk, Anthoni

Towards peace and security in Southern Africa

a critical analysis of the revised strategic indicative plan for the organ an politics, defence and security co-operation (SIPO) of the Southern African Development Community
Maputo;Bonn, 2012

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Who owns the Sahara?

Lohmann, Annette

Who owns the Sahara?

Old conflicts, new menaces. Mali and the Central Sahara between the Tuareg, Al Qaida and organized crime
Abuja;Bonn, 2011

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Reports

How to engage and with whom towards collective security in the Sahelo-Saharan region and in West Africa? Dakar, 4 - 5 December 2017

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