Photo: United Nations Photo/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Presented here are two recent deliverables from PREVEX, a working paper on enabling environments, drivers, and occurrence/non-occurrence of violent extremism in North Africa and the Sahel, and a policy brief summarizing lessons learnt...
The mystery of resource mobilization by jihadist rebels
Jihadists in the Sahel have opportunistically sought resources - kidnapping, smuggling - but it remains to be seen whether gold mining is a game-changer. In this article, the principal investigator in the PREVEX-project, Morten Bøås, delves into the realm...
The role of the EU in preventing, countering violent extremism in the Sahel
What is the role of the EU in the fields of preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) in the Sahel? Abdoul Wahab Cissé (ARGA) presented the latest PREVEX ‘Policy Brief summarizing the EU and other stakeholders’ prevention strategy towards...