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[Page] BICC Policy Brief - Jihadi Banditry

• Since 2017 government actors and international agencies USAID 2017 have repeatedly indicated that the situation in northeastern Nigeria the epicentre of the Boko Haram conflict was returning to normal In January 2023 for instance President Muhammadu Buhari in a statement from the presidency expressed his delight at the return of peace and normalcy in Yobe State and Northeast Nigeria Federal Government of Nigeria 2023 This narrative is not new Oginni 2023 a...

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• Force Persecution Violence and Multiple Mobilities Questioning Linear Understandings in Forced Migration ResearchSession Chairs Prof Dr Conrad Schetter & Dr Benjamin Etzold bicc A Journey of a Lifetime Displaced Peoples Struggles for HomeLuis Eduardo Perez Murcia Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity Biographical Projects and Violence Experiences of Forced Migrants in the Case of Transit CountriesLudger Pries & Berna Safak Zülfikar Savci Ruhr Universität Bochum Co...

[Publication] Countering Lakurawa Recruitment in Northwest Nigeria

• Countering Lakurawa Recruitment in Northwest Nigeria
• Jihadist insurgents of the Lakurawa group remain active on Nigerian soil, where they continue to recruit new members. Without immediate, coordinated federal and local interventions to counter the insurgent group’s influence, the Nigerian state risks the entrenchment of parallel insurgent governance, increased radicalisation of rural communities, and the consolidation of a Sahelian insurgency through its Northwest corridor.

[Publication] Countering Lakurawa Recruitment in Northwest Nigeria

• Countering Lakurawa Recruitment in Northwest Nigeria
• Jihadist insurgents of the Lakurawa group remain active on Nigerian soil, where they continue to recruit new members. Without immediate, coordinated federal and local interventions to counter the insurgent group’s influence, the Nigerian state risks the entrenchment of parallel insurgent governance, increased radicalisation of rural communities, and the consolidation of a Sahelian insurgency through its Northwest corridor.

[Publication] Countering Lakurawa Recruitment in Northwest Nigeria

• Countering Lakurawa Recruitment in Northwest Nigeria
• Jihadist insurgents of the Lakurawa group remain active on Nigerian soil, where they continue to recruit new members. Without immediate, coordinated federal and local interventions to counter the insurgent group’s influence, the Nigerian state risks the entrenchment of parallel insurgent governance, increased radicalisation of rural communities, and the consolidation of a Sahelian insurgency through its Northwest corridor.

[Publication] Countering Lakurawa Recruitment in Northwest Nigeria

• Countering Lakurawa Recruitment in Northwest Nigeria
• Jihadist insurgents of the Lakurawa group remain active on Nigerian soil, where they continue to recruit new members. Without immediate, coordinated federal and local interventions to counter the insurgent group’s influence, the Nigerian state risks the entrenchment of parallel insurgent governance, increased radicalisation of rural communities, and the consolidation of a Sahelian insurgency through its Northwest corridor.

[Publication] Countering Lakurawa Recruitment in Northwest Nigeria

• Countering Lakurawa Recruitment in Northwest Nigeria
• Jihadist insurgents of the Lakurawa group remain active on Nigerian soil, where they continue to recruit new members. Without immediate, coordinated federal and local interventions to counter the insurgent group’s influence, the Nigerian state risks the entrenchment of parallel insurgent governance, increased radicalisation of rural communities, and the consolidation of a Sahelian insurgency through its Northwest corridor.

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[Event] Regional Training on physical security and stockpile management (PSSM) in Nigeria

• The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), with technical support from the Multinational Small Arms and Ammunition Group (MSAG), and BICC conducted the third training of a multi-phase PSSM course for the ECOWAS region from 12 to 22 November 2019.
• Friday, 22 November 2019: Regional Training on physical security and stockpile management (PSSM) in Nigeria

[Publication] Föderalismus als Konfliktregelung. Indien, Russland, Spanien und Nigeria im Vergleich

• Föderalismus als Konfliktregelung. Indien, Russland, Spanien und Nigeria im Vergleich

[Event] Regional training on physical security and stockpile management (PSSM) in Jaji, Nigeria

• Friday, 24 May 2019: Regional training on physical security and stockpile management (PSSM) in Jaji, Nigeria

[Project] Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM) Capacity Development and Technical Advice in West Africa

• With this project, BICC continues capacity development activities on PSSM in two focus countries of the enhancement initiative of the German federal government (Ertüchtigungsinitiative der Bundesregierung): Nigeria and Mali. It complements the PSSM Capacity Building and Advisory project, which is currently undertaken by BICC with the African Union and the Regional Centre on Small Arms (RECSA). BICC has supported PSSM capacity development activities in the ECOWAS region since 2014 wh...

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[Event] Pre-Forum of the 5th Governor's Forum 2025

• Emerging Trends and Policy Implications
• Tuesday, 28 January 2025: Maiduguri, Nigeria

[Publication] Turning the curse into a blessing. A convenient illusion. Lessons from the Nigerian EITI process

• Turning the curse into a blessing. A convenient illusion. Lessons from the Nigerian EITI process

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[Project] Ethnic Federalism – Institutional preconditions for stability and conflict settlement

• Hindus against Muslims in Gujarat, India; Muslims against Christians in Bauchi, Nigeria; Chechen or Basque separatists against central governments in Moscow and Madrid - the co-existence of ethnic groups within a federation regularly leads to conflicts. A BICC research project funded by the German Foundation for Peace (DSF) studies the question of whether and how the state form of a federation influences ethnic conflicts - does co-existence in a federation aggravate the conflicts or...

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[Project] Ethnic federalism: Institutional preconditions for stability and conflict management

• In the period 2005 to 2008, a project funded by the German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF) studied ethnic federalism and considered the institutional preconditions for stability and conflict settlement. Four multiethnic federations—Russia, India, Nigeria and Spain—served as examples.

[PDF Document] How to Stop Jihadi Banditry Becoming New Normal.pdf   (5.28 MB)

[PDF Document] How to Stop Jihadi Banditry Becoming New Normal.pdf   (5.28 MB)

[Page] BICC Policy Brief - Vigilante

• Based on empirical quantitative and qualitative research conducted as part of a joint AUDPOBICC project this policy brief examines the risks that are associated with the engagement of vigilante groups in the Lake Chad Basin region LCB and provides recommendations for risk management and mitigation Vigilante groups have a long history in the Lake Chad Basin region They are mostly informal providers of security protection and law and order that emerge as a local civilian response to the ineffecti...

[Project] Armed Groups in the Sahel

• Regional approaches to dealing with armed groups in the Sahel In the Greater Sahel border regions are frequently hot spots in long running conflicts which are used by non-state armed groups for their benefit, but they are also spaces where people and communities socially, culturally, and economically connect and build important interrelations on different scales. We believe that these border complexes have unique historic and socio-economic features which need to be considered more strongly when...

[Project] Armed Groups in the Sahel

• Regional approaches to dealing with armed groups in the Sahel In the Greater Sahel border regions are frequently hot spots in long running conflicts which are used by non-state armed groups for their benefit, but they are also spaces where people and communities socially, culturally, and economically connect and build important interrelations on different scales. We believe that these border complexes have unique historic and socio-economic features which need to be considered more strongly when...

[Project] Armed Groups in the Sahel

• Regional approaches to dealing with armed groups in the Sahel In the Greater Sahel border regions are frequently hot spots in long running conflicts which are used by non-state armed groups for their benefit, but they are also spaces where people and communities socially, culturally, and economically connect and build important interrelations on different scales. We believe that these border complexes have unique historic and socio-economic features which need to be considered more strongly when...

[Page] Peacebits

• Lessons for Regional Stability in the Lake Chad Basin21 August 2025Abi Watson Taiwo Adebayo with Milena Berks and Steve AmudaAs part of our projectPolitical Tools for Managing Crises in Africa jointly implemented by the Global Public Policy Institute GPPi and theInstitute for Security StudiesISS we have invited two experts to share their insights on the reintegration of former Boko Haram members1and broader transitional justice approaches in the Lake ChadBasinBoko Harams two major factions Isla...

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• Lessons for Regional Stability in the Lake Chad Basin21 August 2025Abi Watson Taiwo Adebayo with Milena Berks and Steve AmudaAs part of our projectPolitical Tools for Managing Crises in Africa jointly implemented by the Global Public Policy Institute GPPi and theInstitute for Security StudiesISS we have invited two experts to share their insights on the reintegration of former Boko Haram members1and broader transitional justice approaches in the Lake ChadBasinBoko Harams two major factions Isla...

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• Lessons for Regional Stability in the Lake Chad Basin21 August 2025Abi Watson Taiwo Adebayo with Milena Berks and Steve AmudaAs part of our projectPolitical Tools for Managing Crises in Africa jointly implemented by the Global Public Policy Institute GPPi and theInstitute for Security StudiesISS we have invited two experts to share their insights on the reintegration of former Boko Haram members1and broader transitional justice approaches in the Lake ChadBasinBoko Harams two major factions Isla...

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• Lessons for Regional Stability in the Lake Chad Basin21 August 2025Abi Watson Taiwo Adebayo with Milena Berks and Steve AmudaAs part of our projectPolitical Tools for Managing Crises in Africa jointly implemented by the Global Public Policy Institute GPPi and theInstitute for Security StudiesISS we have invited two experts to share their insights on the reintegration of former Boko Haram members1and broader transitional justice approaches in the Lake ChadBasinBoko Harams two major factions Isla...

[Page] Peacebits

• Lessons for Regional Stability in the Lake Chad Basin21 August 2025Abi Watson Taiwo Adebayo with Milena Berks and Steve AmudaAs part of our projectPolitical Tools for Managing Crises in Africa jointly implemented by the Global Public Policy Institute GPPi and theInstitute for Security StudiesISS we have invited two experts to share their insights on the reintegration of former Boko Haram members1and broader transitional justice approaches in the Lake ChadBasinBoko Harams two major factions Isla...

[Page] Peacebits

• Lessons for Regional Stability in the Lake Chad Basin21 August 2025Abi Watson Taiwo Adebayo with Milena Berks and Steve AmudaAs part of our projectPolitical Tools for Managing Crises in Africa jointly implemented by the Global Public Policy Institute GPPi and theInstitute for Security StudiesISS we have invited two experts to share their insights on the reintegration of former Boko Haram members1and broader transitional justice approaches in the Lake ChadBasinBoko Harams two major factions Isla...

[Page] Peacebits

• Lessons for Regional Stability in the Lake Chad Basin21 August 2025Abi Watson Taiwo Adebayo with Milena Berks and Steve AmudaAs part of our projectPolitical Tools for Managing Crises in Africa jointly implemented by the Global Public Policy Institute GPPi and theInstitute for Security StudiesISS we have invited two experts to share their insights on the reintegration of former Boko Haram members1and broader transitional justice approaches in the Lake ChadBasinBoko Harams two major factions Isla...

[Page] Peacebits

• Lessons for Regional Stability in the Lake Chad Basin21 August 2025Abi Watson Taiwo Adebayo with Milena Berks and Steve AmudaAs part of our projectPolitical Tools for Managing Crises in Africa jointly implemented by the Global Public Policy Institute GPPi and theInstitute for Security StudiesISS we have invited two experts to share their insights on the reintegration of former Boko Haram members1and broader transitional justice approaches in the Lake ChadBasinBoko Harams two major factions Isla...

[Page] Peacebits

• Lessons for Regional Stability in the Lake Chad Basin21 August 2025Abi Watson Taiwo Adebayo with Milena Berks and Steve AmudaAs part of our projectPolitical Tools for Managing Crises in Africa jointly implemented by the Global Public Policy Institute GPPi and theInstitute for Security StudiesISS we have invited two experts to share their insights on the reintegration of former Boko Haram members1and broader transitional justice approaches in the Lake ChadBasinBoko Harams two major factions Isla...

[Page] Peacebits

• Lessons for Regional Stability in the Lake Chad Basin21 August 2025Abi Watson Taiwo Adebayo with Milena Berks and Steve AmudaAs part of our projectPolitical Tools for Managing Crises in Africa jointly implemented by the Global Public Policy Institute GPPi and theInstitute for Security StudiesISS we have invited two experts to share their insights on the reintegration of former Boko Haram members1and broader transitional justice approaches in the Lake ChadBasinBoko Harams two major factions Isla...

[Page] Peacebits

• Lessons for Regional Stability in the Lake Chad Basin21 August 2025Abi Watson Taiwo Adebayo with Milena Berks and Steve AmudaAs part of our projectPolitical Tools for Managing Crises in Africa jointly implemented by the Global Public Policy Institute GPPi and theInstitute for Security StudiesISS we have invited two experts to share their insights on the reintegration of former Boko Haram members1and broader transitional justice approaches in the Lake ChadBasinBoko Harams two major factions Isla...

[Page] Peacebits

• Lessons for Regional Stability in the Lake Chad Basin21 August 2025Abi Watson Taiwo Adebayo with Milena Berks and Steve AmudaAs part of our projectPolitical Tools for Managing Crises in Africa jointly implemented by the Global Public Policy Institute GPPi and theInstitute for Security StudiesISS we have invited two experts to share their insights on the reintegration of former Boko Haram members1and broader transitional justice approaches in the Lake ChadBasinBoko Harams two major factions Isla...

[Page] Peacebits

• Lessons for Regional Stability in the Lake Chad Basin21 August 2025Abi Watson Taiwo Adebayo with Milena Berks and Steve AmudaAs part of our projectPolitical Tools for Managing Crises in Africa jointly implemented by the Global Public Policy Institute GPPi and theInstitute for Security StudiesISS we have invited two experts to share their insights on the reintegration of former Boko Haram members1and broader transitional justice approaches in the Lake ChadBasinBoko Harams two major factions Isla...

[Page] Peacebits

• Lessons for Regional Stability in the Lake Chad Basin21 August 2025Abi Watson Taiwo Adebayo with Milena Berks and Steve AmudaAs part of our projectPolitical Tools for Managing Crises in Africa jointly implemented by the Global Public Policy Institute GPPi and theInstitute for Security StudiesISS we have invited two experts to share their insights on the reintegration of former Boko Haram members1and broader transitional justice approaches in the Lake ChadBasinBoko Harams two major factions Isla...

[Publication] Demystifying the peace dividend

• By 1998 global military expenditures had been reduced by more than one-third of the amount spent a decade earlier before the Cold War finally ended and when there had been high hopes for a peace dividend. The objective of the book, an edited volume published by the Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC), is to shed more light on the nature of the peace dividend, beyond the expectations it engendered. What does, or did, it comprise in reality? Did peace dividends emerge at all, or have t...

[Staff] Karl Wagner

• Technical Advisor
• BA HONS in Development Studies and Politics, School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of LondonMPHIL in African Studies, University of LeidenProject Management Intern, Management Systems in International (2011)International Volunteer at Search For Common Ground, Tarime and Kahama, Tanzania (2011-2012)Programme Manager and Small Arms Expert at the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa, Lomé, Togo (2012-2015)

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[Page] Armed groups in the Sahel

• All too often programmesto assist in the reintegrationof excombatants take on anational perspective evenwhen armed actors operatein crossborder spaces Thisproject conducts research onregional conflict systems asthey emerge for instance inthe Lake Chad Basin to bringthe regional dimensions tothe attention of practitioners and policymakersOur field research is guided by a mixedmethodsapproach that includes interviews focus groupdiscussions and quantitative surveys at the community level We work w...

[Page] Armed groups in the Sahel

• All too often programmesto assist in the reintegrationof excombatants take on anational perspective evenwhen armed actors operatein crossborder spaces Thisproject conducts research onregional conflict systems asthey emerge for instance inthe Lake Chad Basin to bringthe regional dimensions tothe attention of practitioners and policymakersOur field research is guided by a mixedmethodsapproach that includes interviews focus groupdiscussions and quantitative surveys at the community level We work w...

[Page] Armed groups in the Sahel

• All too often programmesto assist in the reintegrationof excombatants take on anational perspective evenwhen armed actors operatein crossborder spaces Thisproject conducts research onregional conflict systems asthey emerge for instance inthe Lake Chad Basin to bringthe regional dimensions tothe attention of practitioners and policymakersOur field research is guided by a mixedmethodsapproach that includes interviews focus groupdiscussions and quantitative surveys at the community level We work w...

[PDF Document] Risky_Business-Engaging_Vigilante_Groups.pdf   (2.33 MB)

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[PDF Document] Risky_Business-Engaging_Vigilante_Groups.pdf   (2.33 MB)

[Project] Capacity development and advice on SALW control in Africa

• This project continues the work undertaken in two previous projects: Physical security and stockpile management (PSSM), capacity development and technical advice in West AfricaPhysical security and stockpile management (PSSM), capacity development and technical advice in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa. The project’s focus lies on supporting national and regional bodies in the Sahel, the Horn of Africa and West Africa in the field of small arms and light weapons control (SALW) and physical secu...

[Event] Fellowship Programme in the Framework of the Joint AU–UN–BICC Project on “Regional Approaches to Dealing with Armed Groups in the Sahel”

• Monday, 6 November 2023: In the framework of the Joint AU-UN-BICC project on “Regional Approaches to Dealing with Armed Groups in the Sahel”, fellows from partnering countries, including Nigeria, Cameroon, and Chad, have started their fellowship programme which is an integral part of the project. Fellows are being hosted at BICC, the United Nations Secretariat in New York and the African Union in Addis Ababa. The fellowship aims for mutual exchange among the fellows and project partners, as well as capacity...

[Event] Regional Approaches to Armed Groups in the Sahel: High Level Policy Event

• Tuesday, 19 November 2024: Within the context of a joint research project of bicc, the African Union (AU) and the UN Department of Peace Operations titled 'Regional Approaches to Armed Groups in the Sahel’, the AU commission is hosting a policy forum from 19-20 November 2024 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Amongst others, the event will raise awareness of the key research findings particularly policy recommendations emanating from the project. Additionally, two dissemination workshops will be organised, one in Abuja,

[Publication] Rüstung und Militär in Westafrika: Regionale Sicherheitskooperation in der ECOWAS und die Rolle externer Akteure

Please find the book here.

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[Publication] Demobilising and disengaging violent extremists: Towards a new UN framework

• First and second generation programmes of Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR), are no longer ‘fit for purpose’ in contexts of violent extremism. Recognising this, voices from within the United Nations (UN) system have recently called for the development of a practice framework combining DDR and Countering Violent Extremism (CVE). Drawing on examples from Nigeria and Somalia, this commentary outlines six issue areas where DDR and CVE overlap, and where further operati...

[Publication] How to Stop JIhadi Banditry becoming the New Normal.

• The violent conflict in the Lake Chad Basin is ongoing. Boko Haram insurgents are now adopting the modus operandi of other non-ideological criminal groups to reduce their risk profile in areas they previously controlled. This change in tactics and the resulting dual identity formation complicates the achievement of sustainable peace and necessitates policy adjustments. Since 2017, government actors and international agencies have repeatedly indicated that the situation in north-eastern Nig...

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[Page] Governing Jihad in Africa

• Since the collapse of the Caliphate of the Islamic State in the Levant subSaharan Africa is considered the next jihadist frontier actively promoted as such by global selfproclaimed jihadist networks The project aims at investigating comparatively jihadist activities on the African continent through the material and immaterial resources and the modes of operation they mobiliseThe armed challenge posed by jihadists or those who present themselves as such jihad being a highly debated concept in I...

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[Project] Small Arms Control in Africa

• This project continues the work undertaken in previous projects:  Capacity development and advice on SALW control in Africa (August 2018 - March 2021)  Physical security and stockpile management (PSSM), capacity development and technical advice in West Africa (January 2016 - July 2018) Physical security and stockpile management (PSSM), capacity development and technical advice in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa (January 2016 - July 2018)  Our work is based on a multi-level approa...

[Project] Small Arms Control in Africa

• This project continues the work undertaken in previous projects:  Capacity development and advice on SALW control in Africa (August 2018 - March 2021)  Physical security and stockpile management (PSSM), capacity development and technical advice in West Africa (January 2016 - July 2018) Physical security and stockpile management (PSSM), capacity development and technical advice in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa (January 2016 - July 2018)  Our work is based on a multi-level approa...

[Publication] Today’s solution, tomorrow’s problem? An analysis of West African practices in the use of pro-government militias.

• In this Paper, I address the question of whether and under what circumstances the deployment of pro-government militias (PGMs) can reduce violence against civilians, specifically in the Sahel. My analysis— based on a literature review and case studies on Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria—suggests that rather than representing a solution, PGMs tend to become part of the problem. In most cases, PGMs actively carry out acts of violence against civilians or passively cont...

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[Publication] Geographies of limited statehood

• Starting from the presupposition that areas of limited statehood (ALS) are not ungoverned, but ‘differently’ governed, this chapter proposes a spatial grammar that analyses authority and governance as a socio-spatial relationship. This spatial grammar distinguishes four types of dynamic socio-spatial relations—territory, place, scale, and network—and enables us to spatially analyse (a) how political authority is contested, claimed, upheld, and disrupted; (b) how political life is negotiated, reg...

[Event] The GAPs project has launched at BICC!

• GAPs is not an acronym – it’s a reference to a disconnect between what global return migration policies are expected to do, and what they do in practice. Migration return is a vital component of how national and EU asylum programs are managed. Yet, there is little alignment on the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of return. Critically, the experience of migrants is hardly considered when policymakers make decisions on return migration.
• Friday, 23 June 2023: The GAPs project wants to change this. Specifically, it will: a) scrutinise the shortcomings of the EU’s governance of returns internally and externally. b) examine the complex interactions of policymakers and local actors involved in return processes to shed light on cooperation failures. c) analyse the perspectives of migrants themselves to understand their knowledge of return policies, aspirations, and experiences. GAPs is a new Horizon Europe project coordinated by Uppsala University and BIC...

[Press] The GAPs project has launched at BICC!

• GAPs is not an acronym – it’s a reference to a disconnect between what global return migration policies are expected to do, and what they do in practice. Migration return is a vital component of how national and EU asylum programs are managed. Yet, there is little alignment on the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of return. Critically, the experience of migrants is hardly considered when policymakers make decisions on return migration.
• Friday, 23 June 2023: The GAPs project wants to change this. Specifically, it will: a) scrutinise the shortcomings of the EU’s governance of returns internally and externally.b) examine the complex interactions of policymakers and local actors involved in return processes to shed light on cooperation failures.c) analyse the perspectives of migrants themselves to understand their knowledge of return policies, aspirations, and experiences.GAPs is a new Horizon Europe project coordinated by Uppsala University and BICC w...

[Event] The Sahel Untold

• Launch of the new Podcast Series
• Wednesday, 26 November 2025: The Sahel Untold shares life stories and personal experiences of people from the Sahel—a region often described as fragile and facing a diverse set of challenges, including climate change, poverty and the presence of extremist groups. By bringing voices from conflict-affected borderlands in the Greater Sahel directly into international policy conversations, we seek to bridge the gap between global policy and local reality.   This podcast was developed within the framework of a joint project...

[Event] The Sahel Untold

• Launch of the new Podcast Series
• Wednesday, 26 November 2025: The Sahel Untold shares life stories and personal experiences of people from the Sahel—a region often described as fragile and facing a diverse set of challenges, including climate change, poverty and the presence of extremist groups. By bringing voices from conflict-affected borderlands in the Greater Sahel directly into international policy conversations, we seek to bridge the gap between global policy and local reality.   This podcast was developed within the framework of a joint project...

[Event] The Sahel Untold

• Launch of the new Podcast Series
• Wednesday, 26 November 2025: The Sahel Untold shares life stories and personal experiences of people from the Sahel—a region often described as fragile and facing a diverse set of challenges, including climate change, poverty and the presence of extremist groups. By bringing voices from conflict-affected borderlands in the Greater Sahel directly into international policy conversations, we seek to bridge the gap between global policy and local reality.   This podcast was developed within the framework of a joint project...

[Event] The Sahel Untold

• Launch of the new Podcast Series
• Wednesday, 26 November 2025: The Sahel Untold shares life stories and personal experiences of people from the Sahel—a region often described as fragile and facing a diverse set of challenges, including climate change, poverty and the presence of extremist groups. By bringing voices from conflict-affected borderlands in the Greater Sahel directly into international policy conversations, we seek to bridge the gap between global policy and local reality.   This podcast was developed within the framework of a joint project...

[Staff] Professor Dr phil habil Andreas Heinemann-Grüder

• Senior Researcher
• Andreas Heinemann-Grüder studied history, political science and German literature at the Free University of Berlin and joined a post-graduate programme at Lomonossov University in Moscow. He earned his PhD at the Free University of Berlin in 1989 and his habilitation at Humboldt University Berlin in 1999. Past teaching assignments include the Free University of Berlin, Humboldt University of Berlin, Duke University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Cologne, the University of Bonn and th...
• Publication: Föderalismus als Konfliktregelung. Indien, Russland, Spanien und Nigeria im Vergleich, Please find the book here.

[Page] Armed groups in the Sahel

• Border regions in the Greater Sahel are often hotspots of protracted conflicts At the same time these regions are spaces where people connect socially culturally and economically and where communities are built We believe that these border complexes have unique historical and socioeconomic characteristics that must be taken into account when developing approaches to dealing with armed groups in these spacesTo bring the regional dimension to the attention of practitioners and policymakers we con...

[Page] Armed groups in the Sahel

• Border regions in the Greater Sahel are often hotspots of protracted conflicts At the same time these regions are spaces where people connect socially culturally and economically and where communities are built We believe that these border complexes have unique historical and socioeconomic characteristics that must be taken into account when developing approaches to dealing with armed groups in these spacesTo bring the regional dimension to the attention of practitioners and policymakers we con...

[Page] Armed groups in the Sahel

• Border regions in the Greater Sahel are often hotspots of protracted conflicts At the same time these regions are spaces where people connect socially culturally and economically and where communities are built We believe that these border complexes have unique historical and socioeconomic characteristics that must be taken into account when developing approaches to dealing with armed groups in these spacesTo bring the regional dimension to the attention of practitioners and policymakers we con...

[Page] Armed groups in the Sahel

• Border regions in the Greater Sahel are often hotspots of protracted conflicts At the same time these regions are spaces where people connect socially culturally and economically and where communities are built We believe that these border complexes have unique historical and socioeconomic characteristics that must be taken into account when developing approaches to dealing with armed groups in these spacesTo bring the regional dimension to the attention of practitioners and policymakers we con...

[Page] Armed groups in the Sahel

• Border regions in the Greater Sahel are often hotspots of protracted conflicts At the same time these regions are spaces where people connect socially culturally and economically and where communities are built We believe that these border complexes have unique historical and socioeconomic characteristics that must be taken into account when developing approaches to dealing with armed groups in these spacesTo bring the regional dimension to the attention of practitioners and policymakers we con...

[Page] Armed groups in the Sahel

• Border regions in the Greater Sahel are often hotspots of protracted conflicts At the same time these regions are spaces where people connect socially culturally and economically and where communities are built We believe that these border complexes have unique historical and socioeconomic characteristics that must be taken into account when developing approaches to dealing with armed groups in these spacesTo bring the regional dimension to the attention of practitioners and policymakers we con...

[Page] Armed groups in the Sahel

• Border regions in the Greater Sahel are often hotspots of protracted conflicts At the same time these regions are spaces where people connect socially culturally and economically and where communities are built We believe that these border complexes have unique historical and socioeconomic characteristics that must be taken into account when developing approaches to dealing with armed groups in these spacesTo bring the regional dimension to the attention of practitioners and policymakers we con...

[Page] Armed groups in the Sahel

• Border regions in the Greater Sahel are often hotspots of protracted conflicts At the same time these regions are spaces where people connect socially culturally and economically and where communities are built We believe that these border complexes have unique historical and socioeconomic characteristics that must be taken into account when developing approaches to dealing with armed groups in these spacesTo bring the regional dimension to the attention of practitioners and policymakers we con...

[Page] Armed groups in the Sahel

• Border regions in the Greater Sahel are often hotspots of protracted conflicts At the same time these regions are spaces where people connect socially culturally and economically and where communities are built We believe that these border complexes have unique historical and socioeconomic characteristics that must be taken into account when developing approaches to dealing with armed groups in these spacesTo bring the regional dimension to the attention of practitioners and policymakers we con...

[Page] Armed groups in the Sahel

• Border regions in the Greater Sahel are often hotspots of protracted conflicts At the same time these regions are spaces where people connect socially culturally and economically and where communities are built We believe that these border complexes have unique historical and socioeconomic characteristics that must be taken into account when developing approaches to dealing with armed groups in these spacesTo bring the regional dimension to the attention of practitioners and policymakers we con...

[Page] Armed groups in the Sahel

• Border regions in the Greater Sahel are often hotspots of protracted conflicts At the same time these regions are spaces where people connect socially culturally and economically and where communities are built We believe that these border complexes have unique historical and socioeconomic characteristics that must be taken into account when developing approaches to dealing with armed groups in these spacesTo bring the regional dimension to the attention of practitioners and policymakers we con...

[Event] Regional Innovation Workshop on “Regional Approaches to Dealing with Armed Groups in the Sahel”

• Monday, 25 November 2024: The Greater Sahel region has suffered from diverse forms of armed conflict over the past decades. These include, for instance, political rebellions, devastating consequences of climate change, exacerbating conflict and leading to, among others, forced displacement, resource scarcity, violent herder-farmer conflicts, and the spread of organized crime and violent extremism. The AU Peace and Security Council in its 1006th meeting also expressed its deep concern due to the increasing attacks by arme...

[Project] G7 Conference SALW in the Sahel

• Never before has the Sahel–Maghreb region experienced such a high level of small arms availability. Following the fall of Gaddafi, non-state armed actors overran sizeable weapons depots in Misrata and Zintan, quickly turning Libya into an open market for arms. These small arms and light weapons (SALW) have since headed east (to Egypt, Sinai, and Palestine), west (to armed groups in northern Mali via Algeria and the Tunisian border), and south (to Boko Haram in Nigeria via Niger and ...

[Publication] Revenue transparency to mitigate the resource curse in the Niger Delta? Potential and reality of NEITI

• The paper begins with a discussion of the possible negative consequences of oil exploitation in developing countries, often referred to as resource curse, introducing the analytical framework of the ‘petro-state’ (Section 1). In order to assess the relevance of revenue transparency for addressing problems in the Niger Delta, the author then investigates the extent to which the negative consequences of oil exploitation were due to a lack of transparency and accountability. For that purpose, Secti...

[Publication] Annual Report 2015

• Protracted civil wars, refugee movements and the shortage of natural resources have been central topics in the work of the peace and conflict research institute BICC (Bonn International Center for Conversion) in 2014/2015. BICC has also contributed to peacekeeping efforts in the prominent crisis region of the Sahel with its activities around the control of small arms. The control of small arms is an important topic for BICC. Besides academic research, BICC also provides technical advice. This is...

[Publication] Return to normalcy: transition and futures in insecure spaces.

• Returning to normalcy or a scene of stability is always a political goal for the states battling the scene of continuous violent conflicts. Yet, the notion of normalcy can be a mirage or future promise when violent conflicts appear unfinished, or resolution appears permanently incomplete. This article argues that normalcy is not just a political goal but also a governance strategy in conflict-torn spaces. As a governance strategy, normalcy absorbs the narratives of ...

[Publication] Targeted Interventions and Civilian Risk Preference in Food-Insecure Areas of the Lake Chad Basin.

• The Lake Chad Basin (LCB) region is battling the scene of continuous violent conflicts and climate-induced displacement. While the state counterinsurgency measures have helped regain some of the areas controlled by non-state armed groups, a large portion of the agriculturally-rich areas in the region remain a battlefield between the state and insurgent groups. The inaccessibility of the civilian population to the contested areas has disrupted food production systems, causing a sharp rise in food...

[Publication] Annual Report 2007

• BICC (Bonn International Center for Conversion – Internationales Konversionszentrum Bonn) operates at the interface between development and security policy, on the one hand, and application-oriented peace and conversion research, on the other. With our 2007 Annual Report we wish to once again provide details of how we are equipped to perform our information, consultancy and research remit—both in the field of analysis and individual projects—and of BICC’s financial development.  Whether it ...

[Event] Tripartite mission of ECOWAS, BICC and MAG \ Reactivation of the Guinea-Bissau National Commission for SALW Control

• From 19 to 30 July 2021, a tripartite mission composed of ECOWAS, BICC and the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) carried out a combined physical security and stockpile management (PSSM) and humanitarian mine action (HMA) assessment. The team was joined by a PSSM expert drawn from the pool of experts created by the ECOWAS-Germany Regional Competency Training of Trainers on PSSM.
• Monday, 19 July 2021: The mission was a follow-up activity to consultative engagements that had taken place between Guinea-Bissau, the ECOWAS Small Arms Division and BICC in Abuja, Nigeria in December 2018 and can be placed within the framework of the roadmap of activities related to the reactivation of the Guinea-Bissau National Commission for SALW Control. The objectives of this mission were to\         determine the level of physical security of the arms and amm...

[Press] New publication \ Pro-government armed militias in the Sahel: ”Conflict solvers” or “spoilers of peace”?

• International military interventions in the Sahel have so far failed to help improve the conflict situation in the region. At the same time, militias supported by the regional governments are actively involved in the fight against Islamist movements. The Paper "Today’s solution, tomorrow’s problem? An analysis of West African practices in the use of pro-government militias" examines how the operation of these groups affects violence against civilians. This is the first of a row of SAD-Nexus Pape...
• Monday, 16 May 2022: Fiona Wilshusen, the author of SAD-Nexus Paper (Security–Armament–Development) 1\2021, points to a dangerous dilemma created by pro-government militias (PGM): “In the short term, pro-government militias can help ensure local security under certain circumstances. However, if they develop their own agenda, as in Mali, which jeopardises human rights, security and development, they can turn into spoilers of peace in the long term.” The illegal transfer of weapons and equipment in particular fuels vi...

[Press] New publication \ Addressing Food Crises in Violent Conflicts

• Food insecurity and hunger continue to threaten the lives and livelihoods of millions of people. In the context of the United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021, BICC researchers Birgit Kemmerling, Conrad Schetter and Lars Wirkus published a briefing paper that looks at the multiple dimensions between current food crises and violent conflicts and identifies four key areas for a comprehensive response that addresses food insecurity and violent conflict.
• Wednesday, 28 April 2021: Many of today's food crises are linked to violent conflicts in various ways. The number of people affected by conflict-driven food crises increased from 74 million in 2018 to more than 77 million one year later—particularly in north-eastern Nigeria, South Sudan, Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen. “The achievement of food security ending hunger and malnutrition and enabling sustainable agriculture production as addressed by Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 'Zero Hunger' depends theref...

[Project] Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM) Capacity Development and Technical Advice in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa

• This project allows BICC to continue capacity development activities for the African Union as well as for select focus states in the Sahel region (Burkina Faso, Chad, Sudan) and in the Horn of Africa (Uganda, Somalia, Djibouti). It will complement activities implemented in the framework of its West African ‘sister’ project (Nigeria and Mali), as well as other BICC project activities on security sector reform (SSR)/disarmament demobilization and reintegration (DDR) in South Sudan.BIC...

[Event] European Conference on Politics and Gender

• Global Perspectives on Return Migration, Reintegration Experiences and Migration Policies: Gendered and Politicized Migration Practices
• Monday, 8 July 2024: On 8 July, Ruth Vollmer will present the paper on "Female Reintegration Trajectories in the Western Balkans: Strengths, Vulnerabilities, and Diversity" at the European Conference on Politics and Gender at Ghent University.  Return migration and reintegration processes involve gendered and highly politicised practices for men and women around the world. On a global scale, every country is a return country. However, the experiences of return and reintegration vary based on gender, age, e...

[Event] Launch of the Podcast Series: ‘The Sahel Untold’

• Side Event Held on the Margins of the 2025 DDR Symposium
• Friday, 31 October 2025: Time: 3-4 PM EDT (8-9PM CET) Location: Online / United Nations Headquarters, UN Plaza 1, Floor 15, room S-1522, New York  Bouba’s dream was to become a doctor—until life had other plans. Somewhere along the way, his path shifted. Instead of becoming a medical professional, Bouba found himself stitching the wounds of Boko-Haram fighters deep in Sambisa forest, a remote border region between Cameroon and Nigeria.  On the margins of the 2025 DDR Symposium, bicc/AU/DPO will la...

[Event] The Sahel Untold

• Launch of the new Podcast Series
• Wednesday, 26 November 2025: The Sahel Untold shares life stories and personal experiences of people from the Sahel—a region often described as fragile and facing a diverse set of challenges, including climate change, poverty and the presence of extremist groups. By bringing voices from conflict-affected borderlands in the Greater Sahel directly into international policy conversations, we seek to bridge the gap between global policy and local reality.   This podcast was developed within the framework of a joint project...

[Publication] Annual Report 2016

• The number of those who flee from war and violence and who live in makeshift shelters in a permanent state of humanitarian emergency—for instance in refugee camps—rose dramatically in the past year. With a number of research projects, the topic of ‘displacement’ was in the focus of the work of the peace and conflict research institute BICC (Bonn International Center for Conversion) in 2015/2016. Further important topics of the Annual Report are research and advisory activities on small arms cont...

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[Project] Security, armaments and development in countries receiving German arms exports

• In 2007, a web-based interactive map component was added to the arms export database, which BICC has been using since 2006 to study how 170 countries comply with the requirements of the EU Code of Conduct for Arms Exports. An interactive map of the world provides access to the various contents of the database. It provides a global overview, enables a comparison of different countries in the global context or a regional analysis of specific world regions by zooming in on the map. The introduction...

[Staff] Marie Müller-Koné

• Senior Researcher
• In her position as researcher with bicc, Marie’s research interests have shifted from grievances in the context of large-scale and small-scale mining and oil extraction projects and the governance of resource extraction in Africa to the politics of land and political contestation and human-nature-relations and socioecological transformation more broadly.   She was centrally involved in the acquiring of funds for the project B03 - “Violent futures? Contestations along the frontier” that is c...

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[Project] Security, armaments and development in recipient countries of German arms exports

• BICC has been receiving funds from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) for research and consultancy on arms exports, militarisation and development in recipient countries of German arms exports since 2002. The project consists of five major components: In the framework of this project, BICC compiles and updates a database (https://www.ruestungsexport.info/en) on data concerning the military sector, overall security environment, human rights situat...

[Staff] David de Beer

• Associate Advisor
• 2021–2024: Member, BICC International Board 2013–2021: Short missions consultant on arms control, post-conflict management and stabilisation to Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Palestine, Cameroon and Nigeria 2009–2012: Post-conflict advisor, Aceh, Delegation of European Union in Indonesia 2008–2009: European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia 2006–2007: Director, Saferworld, London 2002–2006: Special Advisor to the European Union (CFSP), Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2001: UNMEE – Uni...

[Staff] Yvan Guichaoua

• Senior Researcher
• Yvan joined BICC in March 2025. He has formerly occupied academic positions at the universities of Kent, East Anglia, Yale and Oxford. He has been studying the dynamics of irregular armed groups in Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and Niger since 2004. Since 2007, Yvan Guichaoua has been studying Tuareg recurring rebellions in Niger and Mali and the rise of Jihadism in the Sahel. His works pay close attention to the complex interactions between entrepreneurs of violence and low-level co...

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[Staff] Fiona Wilshusen

• Researcher
• Already during my studies, my research interest was in the field of security, militarisation and development. In my Master's thesis, I focused on the relationship between society and armed actors and the gender implications of this relationship – and thus examined the media framing of (fighting) women in conflicts using the example of the depiction of Kurdish female fighters in British media. Internships with the German Armed Forces and the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in...
• Publication: Today’s solution, tomorrow’s problem? An analysis of West African practices in the use of pro-government militias., In this Paper, I address the question of whether and under what circumstances the deployment of pro-government militias (PGMs) can reduce violence against civilians, specifically in the Sahel. My analysis— based on a literature review and case studies on Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria—suggests that rather than representing a solution, PGMs tend to bec...

[Staff] Dr Oyewole Oginni

• Senior Researcher
• Before joining bicc’s projects on regional approaches to dealing with Armed Groups in the Sahel, Oyewole was a junior researcher at the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn. His PhD dissertation addressed the issue of civilian loyalty and agency in insecure spaces of the LCB region. In the past eight years, Oyewole has worked as a principal investigator/researcher on different EU-funded projects dealing with an early recovery and transition from armed conflicts, women and pe...
• Publication: Return to normalcy: Transition and futures in insecure spaces, Returning to normalcy or a scene of stability is always a political goal for the states battling the scene of continuous violent conflicts. Yet, the notion of normalcy can be a mirage or future promise when violent conflicts appear unfinished, or resolution appears permanently incomplete. This article argues that normalcy is not just a political goal but also a governance strategy in conflict-torn spaces. As a governan...

[Project] Cooperation in the ‘Fatal Transactions’ (FT) network

• Natural resources, such as oil, gas, timber and minerals, have played an important role in armed conflict in about a dozen wars and armed conflicts over the past years. Natural resource deposits alone do not however necessarily result in a 'resource curse'. Whether or not there is such a resource curse seems to depend, in particular, on to what degree the wealth created by the revenues from the exploitation of natural resources is distributed justly and democratically. The "Fatal Transactio...

[Staff] Milena Berks

• Senior Advisor & Researcher
• Milena joined bicc in 2021 as a researcher and project officer supporting the joint project between bicc and the UN Department of Peace Operations on the Revision and Dissemination of the United Nations Integrated Disarmament, Demobilisation, and Reintegration Standards (IDDRS). She now works on a follow-up project focusing on regional approaches to dealing with armed groups in the Sahel, exploring regional conflict dynamics, including the linkage between armed groups, the exploitation of natura...

[Staff] Professor Dr Larry Swatuk

• Associate Researcher
• Larry Swatuk obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science at the University of Windsor (1978–82, Hons). He continued with a Master’s degree in Political Science and International Relations at the University of Windsor (1983–85). He obtained his PhD in Political Science and International Relations from Dalhousie University (1986–93). Larry Swatuk’s involvement with environmental security goes back to the early 1990s, when he pursued a post-doctoral research project based on T. Homer-Dixon’s...

[Staff] Professor Dr Larry Swatuk

• Associate Researcher
• Larry Swatuk obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science at the University of Windsor (1978–82, Hons). He continued with a Master’s degree in Political Science and International Relations at the University of Windsor (1983–85). He obtained his PhD in Political Science and International Relations from Dalhousie University (1986–93). Larry Swatuk’s involvement with environmental security goes back to the early 1990s, when he pursued a post-doctoral research project based on T. Homer-Dixon’s...

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[Project] The role of the African diaspora in conflicts

• The question of the migration and integration of groups of migrants in Germany is not only the subject of discussion in the media and in public but also in the scientific debate. This discussion no longer focuses solely on the migrants' opportunities for integration. It also deals with the question of the role members of the diaspora play in their countries of exile in the political development of their home countries. In particular: Do they serve to exacerbate conflicts from afar or contribute ...

[Project] Training in small arms control in South Sudan

• Sudan has suffered from conflict and war for more than 50 years. In January 2005, a Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) was signed, formally putting to an end the civil war between the North (Government of Sudan-GOS) and the South (Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement-SPLA/M). While the CPA aims at establishing peace and stability in Sudan, the security situation in the South remains fragile. One reason is the presence of small arms and light weapons (SALW) which are widespread in the region....

[Project] An analysis of the implementation of DD&R in Aceh Province, Indonesia

• Almost 30 years of armed struggle between the Government of Indonesia (Gol) and the Free Aceh Movement/Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM) in the North-Western province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) were put to an end with the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 15 August 2005 in Helsinki. A year later, a BICC project funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs examined the first results of the peace process. The outcome was an analysis of the process of disarmament, demobiliz...

[Project] Demobilization and disarmament in Colombia

• Due to its internal conflicts, Colombia is known as one of the most violent places on earth. However, things have started moving since the "United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia" (AUC) agreed a ceasefire in 2004 and the "Law for Justice and Peace" was adopted. The "National Commission for Reparation and Reconciliation" (CNRR) was founded and a process of demobilization unparalleled in Latin America began. With funding from the European Union and the assistance of t...

[Project] Early Warning – Early Action

• The "Early Warning - Early Action" project, which was conducted on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), set itself two tasks. On the one hand, it was to identify various development policy instruments for the early prevention of crises. On the other, it set out to conduct an overview of the practice in other OECD countries to provide comparisons and examples. 

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