How Nigeria and Niger manage exits from violent extremist groups
Channel: ISSAfricaTV
Date: 2023-12-05

Nigeria and Niger have taken various steps to disarm, demobilise, repatriate, reintegrate and resettle former members of violent extremist groups. Although these initiatives are not well known, they offer useful lessons for other West African countries trying to implement non-kinetic approaches to preventing and countering violent extremism. Some of these lessons include disengagement incentives, national and regional coordination, gender mainstreaming, better legal frameworks and community engagement.

This event is co-hosted by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and the United Nations Department of Peace Operations (UNDPO).

Moderator: Dr Lori-Anne Théroux-Bénoni, Director, ISS Regional Office for West Africa, the Sahel and the Lake Chad Basin

Panelists:

Malik Samuel, Researcher, ISS Regional Office for West Africa, the Sahel and the Lake Chad Basin
Abdoulaye Haidara, Director General, Territorial Administration, Ministry of the Interior, Niger
Aliyu Ibrahim Gebi, Coordinator, Fusion Cell on Dialogue/Peace Process in Northeast, Northwest and Northcentral Nigeria and National Coordinator, Security Governance Initiative