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Prevention of violent extremism

Prevention of violent extremism

The security situation in West and Central Africa remains tense. According to the 2022 Global Terrorism Index, 48 per cent of terrorism-related deaths occurred in Africa. The prevention of violent extremism is thus a priority. Discover how integrating strategies to prevent extremism in national action plans, raising awareness towards the risks of extremist groups and reinforcing community resilience can contribute to achieving this goal in West and Central Africa – and how UN Volunteers play a role in it.

Prevention of violent extremism

Prevention of violent extremism

The security situation in West and Central Africa remains tense. According to the 2022 Global Terrorism Index, 48 per cent of terrorism-related deaths occurred in Africa. The prevention of violent extremism is thus a priority. Discover how integrating strategies to prevent extremism in national action plans, raising awareness towards the risks of extremist groups and reinforcing community resilience can contribute to achieving this goal in West and Central Africa – and how UN Volunteers play a role in it.

Prevention of violent extremism

Drivers of violent extremism

UNDP: Unemployment overtakes religious ideology as the main driver of violent extremism in sub-Saharan Africa (fr) 

UNDP: Dynamics of violent extremism in Africa: Conflict ecosystems, political ecology and propaganda of the proto-state (fr)

UNDP: On the paths of extremism in Africa: Paths of recruitment and disengagement (fr) 

UNICRI/ICCT: The Dynamics of Support and Participation in Violent Extremism: Understanding the attitudes of young Malians towards violent extremism (fr)

ISS: Links between violent extremism and illegal activities in Benin (fr) 

FES: Terrorism in Benin: perceptions, actions and perspectives

IOM: Violence among young people and the dangers of violent extremism in Zinder (fr) 

UNDP: Prevention of Violent Entremism trailer (fr) 

Preventing the radicalization of vulnerable groups

UNDP: Prevention of Violent Extremism

UNDP: Interrupting the route to extremism (fr)

UNDP: Perceptions, Vulnerabilities and Prevention: An evaluation of the threat that violent extremism presents in some border zones in the South of Libya and in the North-West of Nigeria (fr) 

UNESCO/IFEF: Final report of the capacity-building workshop on the prevention of violent extremism through education in Africa and the Sahel (fr) 

UNOWAS: Grand Rendezvous 2023: Preventing violent extremism in West and Central Africa: realities and prospects (fr) 

UN Women: Preventing Violent Extremism Focus Areas 

GIZ: Preventing violent extremism (fr) 

CHEDS: The role of religious brotherhoods in preventing violent extremism in Senegal (fr)

CHEDS: Recruitment and radicalization in Senegal: Measures to prevent violent extremism (fr) 

CHEDS: The role of the civil society in preventing violent extremism in West Africa: The case of Casamance (fr) 

ISS: Preventing violent extremism in the South-East of Senegal (fr)

ISS: International study on the system of preventing radicalization and violent extremism in the francophone area: Case of Cameroon, Niger and Togo (fr) 

UNESCO/UNOCT: The engagement of youth to prevent violent extremism (fr)

Interpeace: Socio-educational activities as an alternative to youth recruitment and violent extremism (fr)