The research line “Sahel and Sub-Saharan Africa” deals with the major political and security challenges of this region. The CSDS pays a particular attention to Belgium’s and the EU’s areas of interest, to crisis and conflict management, to UN actions in this field and to what makes the whole region so attractive for Western and emerging powers (especially in terms of access to resources).
Researcher: Didier LEROY
Enhancing Maritime Security at the Edges of Europe – Seminar Report
Captain Xavier BARA, Alain DE NEVE
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325: what about the place of women in peace negotiations?
Dr Myriam BACQUELAINE, Hon. Ambassador
24 Years of WPS Agenda Seminar Report: Time for Pragmatism
Major Kristel Mostrey, Dr Didier Leroy, Senior Captain Estelle Hoorickx
Related publications:
Enhancing Maritime Security at the Edges of Europe – Seminar Report, Captain Xavier BARA, Alain DE NEVE, e-note 62, 25 June 2024
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325: what about the place of women in peace negotiations? (English, French, Dutch), Dr Myriam BACQUELAINE, Hon. Ambassador, e-note 60, 7 June 2024
24 Years of WPS Agenda Seminar Report: Time for Pragmatism, Major Kristel Mostrey, Dr Didier Leroy & Senior Captain Estelle Hoorickx, e-note 59, 29 May 2024
Security Sector Reform in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: ensuring local participation in programme design and implementation, Myrto HATZIGEORGOPOULOS, Focus Paper 45, September 2022
La crise malienne de 2012 : chronique d’une catastrophe annoncée, Myrto HATZIGEORGOPOULOS, Security & Strategy 151, June 2022
La politique sécuritaire des États-Unis au Sahel de 1990 à nos jours : un engagement indirect, graduel et ambivalent, Polyvios CHRISTODOULOU, Focus Paper 44, May 2022
The French Withdrawal from Mali in Perspective: An Irreconcilable Partnership?, Myrto HATZIGEORGOPOULOS, e-Note 37, 21 March 2022
Blacklisting Ikhwanis, Tolerating Salafis, Killing Jihadis: The Islamist Landscape of Egypt, Didier LEROY, Security & Strategy 149, October 2021
La Belgique et le multilatéralisme en Afrique : entre rhétorique et pratique, Myrto HATZIGEORGOPOULOS, Security & Strategy 148, June 2021
Le Brésil : un acteur pertinent en Afrique ? Le projet de la Zone de paix et de coopération de l’Atlantique Sud (ZOPACAS) : de l’émergence au déclin, Anaïs GEUDENS, Focus Paper 40, July 2019
Le « retour » de la Russie en Afrique subsaharienne : sécurité et défense au service de la politique étrangère de Vladimir Poutine, Amandine DUSOULIER, Focus Paper 39, July 2019
Présences chinoise et russe en Afrique : différences, convergences, conséquences, Eleftheris VIGNE, Focus Paper 37, July 2018
La menace islamiste dans la région des Grands Lacs : un enjeu sécuritaire utile ?, Myrto HATZIGEORGOPOULOS, Security & Strategy 133, January 2018
Democracy and the DRC: a failed encounter?, Myrto HATZIGEORGOPOULOS, e-Note 23, 28 March 2017
La gestion internationale des conflits africains: Prévenir, Protéger et Projeter, Myrto HATZIGEORGOPOULOS, Security & Strategy 129, December 2016
L’assistance militaire : quel rôle dans la prévention des conflits en Afrique ?, Myrto HATZIGEORGOPOULOS, Security & Strategy 123, May 2016
La viabilité des frontières africaines au regard des revendications d’ordre identitaire. Les exemples de Bakassi et de l’Azawad, Déborah GUIDEZ, Focus Paper 34, October 2015
International Responses to the Risk of Genocide: A Comparative Analysis of Rwanda and South Sudan, Myrto HATZIGEORGOPOULOS, Focus Paper 30, December 2014
Related events:
Enhancing Maritime Security at the Edges of Europe. Four Seas, Four Challenges: North Sea – Mediterranean Sea – Black Sea – Gulf of Guinea, Seminar, 16 April 2024
24 Years of WPS Agenda: Time for Pragmatism, Seminar, 21 March 2024
The German vision on EU-African relations, Evening conference, 25 January 2024
Lessons Learned from European development projects in Niger, Evening conference, 26 October 2023
Women’s role in peace processes on the African continent, Evening conference, 22 June 2023
The Gulf of Guinea: caught between illegal fishing, pirates and armed terrorist groups?, Evening conference, 17 November 2022
Niger: A Conversation with EU Ambassador Dr Denisa-Elena Ionete, Evening conference, 16 June 2022
Rising Russian and Chinese Presence in Africa, Evening conference, 18 November 2021
Al-Qaeda and Global Jihad: A State of Play Twenty Years after 9/11, Online colloquium, 21 October 2021
The EU and Central Africa: time for a reset?, Online evening conference, 20 May 2021
The Sahel Challenges. Regional security situation and operational responses in Mali, Evening conference, 16 May 2019
From World War I to Present: The Long Road to Self-determination and the Geopolitical Empowerment of Africa, Colloquium, 26 April 2018
The Eu and Belgium in Africa: policy priorities and engagements, Evening conference, 23 November 2017