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Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa Third Edition, Dakar, 5th - 6th December 2016 Africa meets its security challenges Viewpoints for efficient solutions www.dakarforum.org Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa Africa meets its security challenges Viewpoints for efficient solutions Third Edition, Dakar, 5th - 6th December 2016 CONTENTS 2 THE EDITORIAL by HE Mankeur NDIAYE 5 A WORD from Jean-Yves LE DRIAN 7 THE PROGRAMME of the FORUM 2016 8 THE OPENING SPEECH 13 Speakers: Hervé LADSOUS, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Shunsuke TAKEI, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Jean-Yves LE DRIAN, Minister of Defence of France Federica MOGHERINI, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy The opening speech par SHE Macky SALL, President of Senegal FIRST HALF-DAY: VIOLENT EXTREMISM AND RADICALISATION IN AFRICA 29 PLENARY 1 FIGHTING VIOLENT EXTREMISM IN AFRICA: WHAT STRATEGY? Conference 1 - Workshops 1, 2 and 3 SECOND HALF-DAY: SPACES AND RESOURCES IN AFRICA: SECURITY ISSUES 51 Conference 2 - Workshops 4, 5 and 6 THIRD HALF-DAY: MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF DEFENCE AND SECURITY 65 PLENARY 2 THE RESPONSES OF THE DEFENCE AND SECURITY FORCES TO THE NEW SECURITY CHALLENGES Conference 3 - Workshops 7, 8 and 9 THE PANEL OF HEADS OF STATE 89 REPORT ON WORK by HE Mankeur NDIAYE Speakers: HE Macky SALL, President of Senegal HE Muhammadu BUHARI, President of Nigeria HE Jorge Carlos FONSECA, President of Cape Verde Moussa EL KOUNI, Vice-President, Libya Modibo KEITA, Prime Minister, Mali Komi Sélom KLASSOU, Prime Minister, Togo Jean-Yves LE DRIAN, Minister of Defence of France The closing speech par HE Macky SALL, President of Senegal 91 DAKAR FORUM 2016 Dakar Forum in the media 108 Partners 111 A word from the partners 112 Organisers 115 Speakers’s who’s who 116 List of participants 122 Dakar online 128 3 THE EDITORIAL 4 HE Mankeur NDIAYE Minister for Foreign Affairs and Senegalese Abroad On behalf of the President of Senegal, His Excellency Macky Sall, I would like to sincerely thank everyone who took part in the third International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa which took place in Dakar on December 5 and 6, 2016. Your valued participation and tremendous contribution to the event are deeply appreciated. Without this contribution from participants, who travelled from around the world to show their commitment to secu- rity in Africa, without the important work of the nearly sixty facilitators, and without the distinguished participation of heads of states and high ranking government officials, the third Dakar Forum would not have been the success that it was. At the 2013 Elysée Summit in Paris, Senegal expressed its commitment to organising a progressive annual meeting of international proportions, open to all stakeholders concerned with security in Africa and its repercussions abroad. As the world confronts new threats in a new strategic landscape, the spread of terrorism, and the urgent need for a united and adapted response, has compelled nations to join forces and take action. Three years later at the Bamako Summit for Partnership, Peace and Emergence, African and French Heads of State and government officials issued a statement of appeal: “We call on all peace and security stakeholders to adopt the recommendations from the first three editions of the International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa, and to actively participate in the next edition in November 2017.” Senegal is honoured to answer this call and pledges to work diligently to make the Dakar Forum an even more valuable and helpful resource for all of Africa and the world. The third edition of the Forum, a full account of which has been provided in this exhaustive report, tackled many key and emerging issues, such as the fight against radicalisation, ideological responses to violent extremism, environmen- tal and humanitarian threats, and the private sector’s contribution to peace. It also sought to further examine issues of security and defence which should remain the Forum’s unique focus. Such issues include, for example, the growing threat of terrorism, the challenges of peacekeeping, and of course local efforts to adapt and strengthen the capabilities of African defence and security forces. We invite all our partners, and anyone else wishing to get involved, to join us as we fully commit to organising the next edition of the Dakar Forum in November 2017. 5 A WORD 6 Jean-Yves LE DRIAN Minister of Defence of France Once again, the Forum has majorly contributed to revamping the strategic vision and identifying concrete solutions to security challenges in Africa. We can safely say that this third edition of the Forum has exceeded our expectations. While emphasising that this is the case “once again,” I am confident that, with each passing year, the Forum has become even more powerful and relevant. It is in this spirit of progress that the Forum brings us together. I have sup- ported this visionary initiative from the very beginning, at a time when no other such forum existed to explore issues of security and defence across Africa, this despite the major security challenges faced by the continent. We also knew that a collective discussion on these issues, if undertaken regularly over the long-term, could only help in shining new light on the security and defence challenges in Africa. The establishment of this platform was therefore paramount. Today, thanks to President Macky Sall, the Dakar Forum has become a regular fixture. Whether addressing sensitive questions on terrorism and radicalisation, or complex security concerns related to control over land and resources in Africa, the discussions sparked in the plenary sessions, conferences and workshops have led to a better understanding of the various challenges, providing new insights. Two years have passed since the first forum in December 2014, and the verdict is clear: the Dakar Forum is, once again, a resounding success. Participating political decision makers, researchers, NGOs, international organisations or institutional and private stakeholders have been unanimous in recognising the added value of this discussion. Moving forward, this forum will be considered as one of the major meetings by which we set the pace for the international strategic agenda. We can only applaud such an event and continue working hard to preserve its defining elements, such as its informal setting, the diversity of participants, and the free and open discussion. Each of these aspects has made this an outstanding event and serves as the perfect indication of its growing success year after year. It is up to us to move beyond the annual forum and incorporate its values into our actions every day. Let me assure you, France will stand alongside its African allies in support of establishing and strengthening their security, both individually and collectively. Finally, I would once again like to express my sincerest gratitude to our Senegalese colleagues for hosting this excep- tional third edition of the Forum on Peace and Security in Africa. I would also like to give special mention to Foreign Affairs Minister Mankeur Ndiaye, who, alongside President Macky Sall, was the architect behind this fantastic event. 7 THE PROGRAMME 8 Africa meets its security challenges Viewpoints for efficient solutions Sunday, December 4th 2016 King Fahd Palace Hotel Monday, December 5th 2016 Abdou Diouf International Conference Center Tuesday, December 6th 2016 Abdou Diouf International Conference Center 9 Sunday, December 4th 2016 King Fahd Palace Hotel 06:30 PM OPENING COCKTAIL for the participants Monday, December 5th 2016 Abdou Diouf International Conference Center 09:00 AM 09:30 AM WELCOMING and installation 09:30 AM 10:30 AM OPENING SESSION chaired by the President of the Republic FIRST HALF-DAY Violent extremism and radicalisation in Africa 10:45 AM PLENARY 1 – FIGHTING VIOLENT EXTREMISM IN AFRICA: WHAT STRATEGY? 11:45 AM Chairman: Mohamed IBN CHAMBAS, Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA) Speakers: Isselkou OULD AHMED IZID BIH, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mauritania Lejeune MBELLA MBELLA, Minister of the External Relations of Cameroon Xu JINGHU, Special Representative of the Chinese Government on African Affairs Abdullah AL ABDAN, Saudi Ambassador to Senegal WORKSHOP 1 CONFERENCE 1 12:00 AM Cooperating against violent What doctrinal response to violent 01:30 PM extremism: sharing experiences extremism? and lessons learned 12:00 AM WORKSHOP 2 WORKSHOP 3 01:30 PM Controlling modern media technologies Preventing and fighting violent extremism: for peace and security for a participatory approach SECOND HALF-DAY Spaces and resources in Africa: security issues CONFERENCE 2 WORKSHOP 4 05:00 PM Responding to environmental and Innovative strategies 06:30 PM humanitarian crises: what policies? to control border areas 05:00 PM WORKSHOP 5 WORKSHOP 6 06:30 PM Natural resources: security issues and Demography and security in Africa: appropriate responses challenges and solutions 10 Tuesday, December 6th 2016 Abdou Diouf International Conference Center THIRD HALF-DAY Meeting the challenges of defence and security 08:30 AM PLENARY 2 – The responses of the Defence and Security Forces to the new 10:00 AM Security challenges Chairman: General Babacar GAYE, former CDS/SRSG ONU Speakers: Lt. General Cheikh GUEYE, CDS Senegal Lt. General Pierre de VILLIERS, CDS France Lt. General
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