EU Security Strategy in Sahel Focused on Security-Development Nexus
Channel: Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Date: 2019-03-07

"Security in the Sahel is also security in Europe," according to Ambassador Angel Losada Fernandez, the EU Special Representative for the Sahel. 

In this interview with the Africa Center, Ambassador Losada discusses the European Union's strategy in the region, which concentrates on the nexus between security and development. The four pillars of the strategy are youth, the fight against radicalization, migration, and illicit trafficking. 

Ambassador Losada has been in his current role since 2015 and previously served in numerous diplomatic positions, including as the Permanent Representative of Spain to ECOWAS from 2006-2011.

The Complex and Growing Threat of Militant Islamist Groups in the Sahel:
https://africacenter.org/spotlight/the-complex-and-growing-threat-of-militant-islamist-groups-in-the-sahel/

A Review of Major Regional Security Efforts in the Sahel:
https://africacenter.org/spotlight/review-regional-security-efforts-sahel/

Addressing Security Challenges in the Sahel: A Conversation with Serge Michaïlof
https://youtu.be/8E8D6VkVHFY

Confronting Mali's Extremist Threat:
https://africacenter.org/spotlight/confronting-central-malis-extremist-threat/

Progress and Setbacks in the Fight against African Militant Islamist Groups in 2018:
https://africacenter.org/spotlight/progress-and-setbacks-in-the-fight-against-african-militant-islamist-groups-in-2018/

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