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Zoom webinar
Simultaneous interpretation in both English and French will be provided/Une interprétation simultanée en anglais et en français sera disponible.
Posted on 25 Apr 2024
As violent extremism increases across the Sahel and spreads south into West Africa’s littoral states, illicit economies are sustaining terror groups’ operations and finances.
In southern Mali, Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) is exploiting opportunities for timber logging, cattle rustling and illicit taxation. In northern Benin, the group uses various types of kidnapping – primarily for strategic rather than financial gains.
This seminar explores the different but often overlapping objectives of violent extremist groups involved in illicit economies.
Moderator: Dr Feyi Ogunade, Regional Organised Crime Observatory Coordinator – West Africa, ENACT, Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
Opening remarks: Representatives of ECOWAS and the European Union
Panelists:
- Nanténé Seck Coulibaly, Senior Analyst, Crime and Criminality, Early Warning Directorate, ECOWAS Commission (TBC)
- Flore Berger, Senior Analyst, Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime (GITOC)
- Dr Ndubuisi Christian Ani, Senior Researcher and Project Coordinator, ENACT, ISS
- Dr Aziz Mossi, Researcher, University of Parakou and LASDEL, Benin
