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20.11.2012 | Conflict in the Sahel | Event

Long-Term Perspectives on Security in the Sahel

Since the coup d’état in Mali in March 2011 it seems that the International Community has recognized the importance of a region that was left alone to its own fate for the most part in the past. High…

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08.11.2012 | Democratic Governance & Human Security | Event

WANSED General Assembly

Members of the West African Network on Security and Democratic Governance analyzed new dynamics of military and civilian coup d’états and constitutional crises in the region, discussed the relations…

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22.10.2012 | Democratic Governance & Human Security | Event

WANSED General Assembly: Emerging Security Threats and Regional Responses

The annual general assembly of the West African Network on Security and Democratic Governance (WANSED) was the first organized and steered by the newly elected WANSED Executive Committee. WANSED…

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22.10.2012 | Democratic Governance & Human Security | Event

WANSED and FES sign Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

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…

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21.06.2012 | Economic Governance & Food Crisis | Event

Economic Governance and Food Crisis in West Africa

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…

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13.06.2012 | Elections | Event

Regional approaches to improving Electoral processes

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.

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26.11.2011 | Small Arms and Light Weapons | Event

Stakeholder Consultation on SALW Production in Ghana

In cooperation with the Ghana National Commission on Small Arms (GNACSA), FES commissioned a study taking stock of existing laws with regards to SALW control in Ghana as a basis for the development…

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29.10.2011 | ECOWAS | Event

Parliamentary Debate: ECOWAS Security Architecture and Central Sahara Conflict System

In collaboration with WANSED and the Malian National Assembly, FES conducted a one-day dialog in Bamako on the regional security architecture and the dynamics of the Central Sahara conflict system.

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22.10.2011 | Small Arms and Light Weapons | Event

Expert Meeting on SALW Flow in the Ghana-Togo-Benin-Nigeria Corridor

In preparation of a research project on "Small Arms & Light Weapons (SALW) trafficking in West Africa: Illicit routes & cache of arms between Ghana, Togo, Benin & Nigeria", jointly commissioned by…

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06.10.2011 | Small Arms and Light Weapons | Event

Validation Workshop on the draft National Bill on Small Arms and Light Weapons

In its ambition to domesticate the ECOWAS Convention on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW), the National Commission on SALW in Cote d’Ivoire, in collaboration with FES, hosted a debate on a draft…