حديث الثلاثاء : التحديات الأمنية بمنطقة وسط إفريقيا

April 26, 2022

يخصص مركز السياسات من أجل الجنوب الجديد حلقة برنامجه الأسبوعي "حديث الثلاثاء" لمناقشة التحديات الأمنية بمنطقة وسط إفريقيا مع عبد الحق باسو، باحث بارز بمركز السياسات من أجل الجنوب الجديد.

تواجه منطقة وسط إفريقيا العديد من التحديات ذات الطابع الأمني. في مقابل ذلك، تكتسي المنطقة باعتبار موقعها الجغرافي المركزي أهمية استراتيجية بالغة بالنسبة لأمن واستقرار القارة.

تشمل هذه التحديات نشاط المجموعات المسلحة والجماعات الارهابية بكل من شرق جمهورية الكونغو الديمقراطية وجمهورية أفريقيا الوسطى وكدى بمنطقة بحيرة تشاد، علاوة على أنشطة القرصنة البحرية بالمياه الاقليمية لدول وسط أفريقيا المطلة على خليج غينيا. تحديات وأخرى لها تأثير مهم على الاستقرار ومؤشرات النمو وكدى الاندماج الاقتصادي بالمنطقة.

نعود خلال هاته الحلقة إلى تطور الأوضاع والمخاطر الأمنية في منطقة وسط إفريقيا خلال السنوات القليلة الماضية، مع التركيز بالخصوص على أهم التحديات التي تواجه المنطقة، طبيعتها وأسباب التدهور الأمني الملاحظ في الآنية الأخيرة، إضافة إلى الجهود المبذولة للحد من آثار هذه التحديات على استقرار دول المنطقة، أسئلة وغيرها نناقشها مع عبد الحق باسو، باحث بارز بمركز السياسات من أجل الجنوب الجديد.

Speakers
Abdelhak Bassou
Senior Fellow
Abdelhak Bassou is a Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South and a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center. He is also an Affiliate Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University. Bassou has had an extensive career in Moroccan National Security, where he served in various capacities including as head of the border division from 1978 to 1993. He was the former director of the Royal Institute of Police in 1998 and served as Head of Regional Security (Errachidia 1999-2003, Sidi Kacem 2003-2005) and as Central Director of General Intelligence from 2006 to 2009.   He holds a master's degree in political science and international studies from the Faculty of Law, Economics, and Social Sciences in Rabat. His academic research delves into ...
Oussama Tayebi
International Relations Specialist
Oussama Tayebi is an international relations specialist in the International Relations Research Department at the Policy Center for the New South. His work focuses primarily on governance, peace, and security challenges in the Central Africa sub-region. Previously, he contributed to the activities of the UN Women Multi-Country Office for the Maghreb and the NGO The ONE Campaign, supporting advocacy initiatives on the Africa-EU partnership and official development assistance. Oussama holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the School of Governance and Economics in Rabat and a master’s degree in international relations from Sciences Po Aix. ...

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