The 7th edition of the Dakar Peace and Security Forum opened yesterday and focuses on the impact of Covid-19 across the continent as well as cyber security, terrorism, and climate change.
The yearly Dakar International Forum for Peace and Security was founded at the France-Africa Summit in Paris in 2013 and has become, in the intervening years, a key event for decision makers involved in Africa, according to the Forum’s website.
Organisers of the event include the government of Senegal, the Paris-based economic intelligence agency Avisa Partners, and Cheds, a Senegalese defence think tank headed by Brigade General Mbaye Cissé.
On the 6th of December, participants will discuss stability in the post-Covid-world, specifically in Africa, during a plenary session and three workshops that will look at the issues of public health, climate change and cyber security.
Forum organiser François-Charles Timmerman of Avisa Partners, told RFI that Africa has found itself isolated because of Covid-19. He pointed out that the export of raw materials is now nearly impossible while imports of processed products are at a standstill because of the pandemic.
Credit: rfi.fr
