The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS)
invite you to a webinar on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, focusing on deteriorating
security situation in West Africa and the Sahel region. This webinar is the
first in a series of virtual events in which CEP and KAS present the results of
a joint project focusing on the region.





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CEP-KAS Webinar: The Deteriorating Security Situation In West Africa –
Cooperation Terrorism/Transnational Organized Crime And Cooperation Between
Terrorist Groups



(New York, N.Y. / Berlin, Germany) – The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and
the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) invite you to a webinar on Tuesday, June
20, 2023, focusing on deteriorating security situation in West Africa and the
Sahel region.



This webinar is the first in a series of virtual events in which CEP and KAS
present the results of a joint project focusing on the region. The project
analyzes the various aspects of the complex security environment and develops
policy options to mitigate these challenges for regional as well as
international policymakers, including at the European Union level.



West Africa and the Sahel region have experienced a steady decline in
stability in parallel with a growth in terrorism threats for several years. The
key regional terrorist networks—the al-Qaeda affiliated coalition Jama'a Nusrat
ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin' (JNIM) and the two affiliates of the Islamic State
(IS), IS West Africa Province and IS in the Greater Sahara—have grown
significantly since the destruction of the so-called califate of IS in Iraq and
Syria and the significant reduction of territorial control of the terrorist
group in both countries. In West Africa and the Sahel, terrorist groups and
networks exploit ethnic differences, exacerbating intercommunal violence, and
are intertwined with transnational organized crime complicating an already
fragile situation.



This first webinar will focus on two aspects that are crucial counterterrorism
challenges: the cooperation between various terrorist groups linked to al-Qaeda
and IS with transnational organized crime networks in the region and the
potential cooperation between various terrorist groups across the region and
Africa.



The webinar will be conducted in English via Zoom.



Date: Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Time: 8:00 a.m. ET / 14:00 CET to 9:30 am ET / 15:30 CET



EVENT PROGRAM:



Opening Remarks:

David Ibsen

Executive Director, Counter Extremism Project (CEP)



Dr. Stefan Friedrich

Head of the Department Sub-Saharan Africa, Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS)



Presentations:



Interlinkage of Terrorism and Transnational Organized Crime in West Africa

Theo Clement

Expert on illicit economies and trade based in Nouakchott, Mauritania



Linkages of Terrorist Groups in West Africa with Terrorist Networks in other
African Regions

Ini Dele-Adedeji

Research Associate at the School of Oriental & African Studies, University of
London (SOAS)



Sofia Koller

Senior Research Analyst at the Counter Extremism Project (CEP)



Discussant and Moderator:

Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler

Senior Director, Counter Extremism Project (CEP)



The presentations will be followed by a Q&A-session open to all participants.



REGISTRATION:



To participate in this webinar please register via this link:

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Please register up to one hour before the webinar start so that your
registration can be approved in time.



Please feel free to forward this invitation to colleagues with an interest in
the subject.



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