An Oasis of Stability in a Sea of Turbulence: Has Senegal anything but Stability to look Forward to?
Senegal, a country of 13.5 million people, is one of Africa’s most robust democracies.
Countering Violent Extremism: What Are the Key Challenges for UN?
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is expected to soon roll out a plan of action to improve multilateral efforts on countering...
Counter-terrorism
In Africa, terrorism undermines state institutions and impedes economic development. The continent is especially vulnerable because...
First global Counter Terrorism Prosecutors Network launched
Pretoria, South Africa – In a first for prosecutors worldwide, the Counter Terrorism Prosecutors Network (CTPN) was launched on 14...
East Africa’s Sufi Path to Countering Violent Extremism
Many paths have been tried to counter the appeal of violent religious extremism in East Africa. In the Muslim community, traditional...
Good talk, not enough action: The AU's counter-terrorism architecture, and why it matters
Africa has a long history of terrorism, but it has only recently begun to acknowledge the problem and treat it as a threat that...
Counter-terrorism, human rights and the rule of law in Africa
We are now well into the second decade since the 9/11 attacks in 2001 so vividly placed transnational terrorism on the international...
The new ECOWAS Counter-Terrorism Strategy and its implications for West Africa
West African leaders have vowed to leave no stone unturned in their fight against terrorism. On 27 and 28 February 2013 this vow was...
