This online version of the three-day conference brings together high-level experts to speak in short webinars (60-minute) on the themes of "The security sector in Africa during and after the Covid-19 crisis" (September 23, 3:00 p.m.) and "Privatizing violence in Africa through Non-State armed groups and private security" (September 24, 3:00 p.m.), the Center said in a statement.
Issues related to the new African Human Security Index, currently being developed by the African Union, and the Global Peace Index, a reference tool developed by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP, Belgium), will be addressed in two workshops on September 25. The webinars will be available on the Policy Center's Facebook, Twitter and YouTube pages.
Invited personalities from Ethiopia, France, Comoros and Belgium will contribute to the debate on the security consequences of the pandemic, during this conference dubbed for the occasion "APSACO Talks".