Afripoli

🌍 Border areas in West Africa and the Sahel are increasingly becoming strategic spaces where security threats, organised crime, illicit flows, migration, limited state presence and the socio-economic vulnerability of local communities intersect.

Addressing these challenges requires more than border control alone. It requires coordination between security institutions, researchers, international organisations, civil society and local communities — as well as a better understanding of how technology, governance and field experience can work together.

📍 These issues were at the centre of the closed expert workshop “Borders Under Pressure: Threats, Responses, and Coordination,” co-organised by in cooperation with the Laboratoire des Études Sociales de l’IFAN — - and its partners. The workshop brought together representatives of armed and security forces, academia, international organisations, civil society and experts working in the fields of security, technology and border management.

Across the sessions, participants discussed violent extremism, organised crime and illicit flows, civil-military cooperation, integrated border management, the role of local communities and the use of modern tools for monitoring and securing border areas.

The discussions highlighted a clear message: borders can no longer be understood merely as administrative lines separating states. They must also be approached as wider border regions where security, mobility, trade and local livelihoods are closely interconnected.

🤝 We thank LABES-IFAN, Dr Mamadou Akila Bodian, PhD, all speakers, participants and partners for two days of substantive and constructive exchange in .

🇸🇳 Our work in Senegal recently took us to the magnificent city of Touba — one of the country’s most important spiritual, cultural, and social centres, known for its unique role in Senegalese religious and public life.

The delegation was received by the Grand Khalife General of the Mourides and visited the Great Mosque of Touba, as well as the Cheikh Ahmadou Khadim Complex and its library — institutions that play a central role in the city’s identity, education, and public life.

Afripoli’s work in Touba focuses on sustainable energy and local capacity development. Dialogue with local institutions and a focus on practical cooperation allow us to develop projects that are sustainable, impactful, and relevant to local communities.

We thank the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Dakar Ambassade de la République tchèque au Sénégal, the Municipality of Touba, Mayor Abdou Lahad Ka, and Mr. Abdoul Wahab Gaye for enabling this important exchange.

🤝 Afripoli remains committed to supporting Czech–Senegalese cooperation through projects that are practical, locally relevant, and built for the long term.



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