Par Bruno Charbonneau – Depuis 2012, plusieurs pays de l’Afrique de l’Ouest ont vécu des attaques violentes qui suggèrent l’importance grandissante du problème « terroriste » dans la région. Le…
Tag: West Africa
Peace Support Operations discussed in Accra
The West Africa region is beset by numerous security challenges (e.g. ethnic conflict, state-collapse, terrorism). To tackle these issues, regional actors, such as the Economic Community of West African States…
Maritime Security and the Blue Economy: Understanding the Link
By Dr. Christian Bueger, Cardiff University. If the 21st century is a maritime century, better international cooperation and global ocean governance will be the key. The need for better ocean governance…
Will a private maritime security model work in the Gulf of Guinea?
By Peter Cook, director of SAMI. The use of Private Maritime Security Companies (PMSC) and their Privately Contracted Armed Security Personnel (PCASP) in the High Risk Area (HRA) of the…
Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea debated in Portsmouth
Professor Tony Chafer, Director of the University of Portsmouth, Centre for European and International Studies Research, welcomed guests to the inaugural maritime security conference organised as part of the West Africa…
Premier Bulletin du Centre FrancoPaix en résolution des conflits et missions de paix
Centre FrancoPaix, UQAM – Chaire Raoul-Dandurand en études stratégiques et diplomatiques. Ce premier numéro du Bulletin FrancoPaix paraît dans le contexte de la création du Centre FrancoPaix en résolution des…
Reconciliation Process and Governance under Alassane Ouattara since the End of Post-electoral Crisis in 2011
By Maxime Ricard. Who is Ivoirian? The Ivoirian State for whom and for what? These were the questions which tore apart the country during the 1990s and 2000s. Côte d’Ivoire’s post-electoral…
WAPSN 2016 Symposium, Calls for paper, Peace Support Operations in West Africa
The West Africa Peace and Security Network would like to announce that the Deadline for the Call for Papers is has until 8 January 2016. Call for Papers 2nd Annual…
Mali – The normalization of German security policy?
by Dr. Matthias Vogl , Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI), University of Bonn There was recently a news report about the deployment of a German contingent of up to…