CEP-KAS Webinar: The Deteriorating Security Situation in West Africa | Bakary Sambe

Thursday, Jun 22, 2023

"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

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) hosted a webinar on Thursday, June 22, 2023, focusing on the deteriorating security situation in West Africa and the Sahel region.

The webinar focused 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.

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