Event Mali Statehood as a crucial problem of insecurity Not only did the 'Arabellion' movement change political realities of some countries in North Africa, it also precipitated major changes in the Sahel. Not least because the political crisis in Mali reveals how Islamist forces are gaining...
Event Conflict in the Sahel 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 structural underdevelopment and huge...
Event Democratic Governance & Human Security 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 between politics, organized crime and...
Event Democratic Governance & Human Security 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 members and guest experts debated their...
Event Democratic Governance & Human Security 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 Africa. Since 2004, both organisations...
Event Economic Governance & Food Crisis 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 Civil Society Platform (POSCAO) from 21...
Event Elections 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.
Event Small Arms and Light Weapons 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 of a holistic national legislation...
Event ECOWAS 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.
Event Small Arms and Light Weapons 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 FES and the United Nations Regional...
