The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS)
invite you to a webinar on Thursday, June 22, 2023, focusing on deteriorating
security situation in West Africa and the Sahel region. This webinar is the
second 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 –
Understanding And Countering JNIM, ISWAP, And ISGS
(New York, N.Y. / Berlin, Germany) – The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and
the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) invite you to a webinar on Thursday, June
22, 2023, focusing on deteriorating security situation in West Africa and the
Sahel region.
This webinar is the second 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 (ISWAP) and IS in the Greater Sahara (ISGS)—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 second webinar will focus on the three most relevant terrorist networks
currently operating in the region: JNIM, ISWAP, and ISGS. Understanding the
various operational aspects and challenges that these regional terrorist
networks pose is a necessary first step to develop sustainable, effective, and
regionally based counter strategies.
The webinar will be conducted in English via Zoom.
Date: Thursday, June 22, 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:
Development of al-Qaeda in the Western Sahel Region and Current Operational
Capabilities of JNIM
Bakary Sambe
Director of the Timbuktu Institute-African Center for Peace Studies (Dakar,
Niamey), founder of the Observatory of Religious Radicalisms and Conflicts in
Africa
Ambassador Edmund Fitton-Brown
Member of the advisory board of the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and former
Coordinator of the ISIL, Al-Qaeda and Taliban Monitoring Team, United Nations
Security Council
Status of ISWAP and ISGS in West Africa and Sahel
Kwesi Aning
Professor and Director, Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research, Kofi Annan
International Peacekeeping Training Centre, Accra, Ghana.
Pieter Van Ostaeyen
CEP Project Analyst, PhD candidate Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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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registration can be approved in time.
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