A threat from the North for the Gulf of Guinea Countries - New Frontier for Jihadist Groups in West Africa?
Expert conference
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It can be observed that jihadist groups in West Africa are increasingly expanding their areas of activity from the Sahel to the coastal countries along the Gulf of Guinea for some time now. Especially from Burkina Faso, where entire regions are already outside state control, these actors are advancing further and further south.
This current development is the focus of the new study "La nouvelle frontière des groupes djihadistes", which the KAS Regional Programme Political Dialogue West Africa (PDWA) has implemented together with partner Promédiation. One of the study’s key topics is the importance of national parks in border regions, which are increasingly used by jihadist groups as strategic retreat and activity areas and whose local resources are used for financing.
To analyse this development, we cordially invite you to the presentation and subsequent discussion of the study results on 01 July 2021 at 14:00. The event will take place in the form of an online seminar in French with simultaneous translation into German and English.
Program
14:00 – 14:05 h Welcoming remarks and introduction
14:05 – 14:20 h Presentation of the study "Northern Gulf of Guinea countries - The new frontier for Jihadist Groups?”
14:20 – 14:50 h Panel discussion
Florent Geel, Deputy Director, Prom diation
Rémi Carayol, freelance journalist specialising on the Sahel region
Abdel Nasser Elyessa Soueid Ahmed, Political Adviser to the Liaison Office of the of the African Union (AU) in Côte d'Ivoire
Facilitator:
Florian Karner, Head of Political Dialogue West Africa (PDWA), Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
