Sub-Saharan Africa | International Centre for Counter-Terrorism

Projects

Ongoing Projects

Developing Guidance on Criminal Justice Responses to the Linkages between Terrorism and International Crimes

Completed Projects

USAID Customary Resilience

Completed Projects

Workshops on Criminal Justice Responses to the Linkages between Terrorism and International Crimes

Completed Projects

Small Arms Light Weapons (SALW)

Completed Projects

Mitigating the Impact of Media Reporting of Terrorism

Completed Projects

Countering Violent Extremism in Mali (MERIT)

Completed Projects

Developing the Glion Recommendations on the Use of Administrative Measures

Nigeria: Community’s Perception of Legitimate Authority Matters for Rehabilitation and Reintegration

Completed Projects

Engaging Civil Society in Rehabilitation: The Sahel

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Completed Projects

Developing UN Guidelines on Evidence Collected by the Military

Completed Projects

Engaging Civil Society in Rehabilitation

Completed Projects

M&E: Terrorism Financing in the Horn of Africa

Completed Projects

Countering Incitement and Violent Extremism

Completed Projects

Capacity-Building in Risk Assessment, Rehabilitation and Reintegration

Completed Projects

Development of the Addendum of the Hague-Marrakech Memorandum

Completed Projects

Military Transition Strategies

Completed Projects

Protecting Intelligence Sources & Witnesses

Completed Projects

Civil Society Engagement: Nigeria

Completed Projects

Curriculum Development for the Rule of Law

Completed Projects

Future Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism Trends

Events

Aug

Training

2026 Advanced Counter-Terrorism Summer Programme: Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law

24 Aug, 2026 - 28 Aug, 2026

Dec

Event

ICCT Annual Conference 2025 15/15 Vision: Looking Back, Moving Forward

04 Dec, 2025

Aug

Training

2025 Advanced Counter-Terrorism Summer Programme: Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law

25 Aug, 2025 - 29 Aug, 2025

Oct

Event

ICCT Live Webinar: The Role of Transitional Justice in the Context of Counter-Terrorism: Opportunities and Challenges

29 Oct, 2024

Aug

Training

2024 Advanced Counter-Terrorism Summer Programme: Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law

26 Aug, 2024 - 30 Aug, 2024

Apr

Event

ICCT Live Briefing: Spill-over effects of Israel-Hamas conflict: Impacting the narratives in Europe, Africa, West-Balkans and the rest of the Middle East

25 Apr, 2024

May

Event

ICCT Annual Conference 2024 "Houston, we have a problem": Counter-Terrorism in the Age of Uncertainty

28 May, 2024 - 29 May, 2024

Aug

Event

Roudtable Discussion on the 2023 UNDP Report Journey to Extremism in Africa: Pathways to Recruitment and Disengagement UNDP

31 Aug, 2023

Oct

Event

Hedayah Eight Annual International Countering Violent Extremism Research Conference

11 Oct, 2023 - 13 Oct, 2023

Sep

Event

Victims of terrorism and their right to access justice: Challenges and solutions

26 Sep, 2023

Jun

Event

ICCT Annual Conference 2023 - Hybrid Extremism: Causes and Responses to Anti-Institutional and Far-Right Extremisms

28 Jun, 2023 - 29 Jun, 2023

Aug

Sep

Training

2023 Advanced Summer Programme: Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law

28 Aug, 2023 - 01 Sep, 2023

Aug

Training

2023 Advanced Summer Programme: Preventing, Detecting and Responding to Violent Extremism

21 Aug, 2023 - 23 Aug, 2023

Apr

Event

ICCT Live Webinar: Assessing the State of Terrorism Studies

04 Apr, 2023

Jan

Event

ICCT Live Briefing: Ten Years Later – Lessons from Decade-Long Counter-Terrorism Efforts in the Sahel

17 Jan, 2023

Nov

Event

ICCT Live Briefing: Masculinity and Violent Extremism

23 Nov, 2022

Nov

Event

ICCT Annual Conference 2022 - Global Power Politics, Counter-Terrorism, And Human Rights

07 Nov, 2022 - 08 Nov, 2022

Aug

Sep

Training

2022 Advanced Summer Programme: Terrorism, counter-terrorism and the rule of law

29 Aug, 2022 - 02 Sep, 2022

Aug

Training

2022 Online Summer Programme: Preventing, Detecting and Responding to Violent Extremism

15 Aug, 2022 - 17 Aug, 2022

the practive and problems of transnational counter-terrorism

Jul

Event

ICCT Live Briefing: Accountability in Transnational Counter-Terrorism

11 Jul, 2022

Feb

Event

ICCT and Egmont Institute Live Briefing: The Islamic State in Africa

10 Feb, 2022

Dec

Training

ICCT Online Training Session: The Power of Guns: indirect and direct use of SALW by terrorist groups

13 Dec, 2021

Dec

Event

ICCT Annual Conference 2021 - Trends in Radicalisation to Violence: Key Policy Priorities and Knowledge Gaps

08 Dec, 2021 - 09 Dec, 2021

Nov

Event

ICCT Live Briefing: Impact of Covid on Violent Non-State Actors

2021 Advanced Summer Programme: Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law

30 Aug, 2021 - 03 Sep, 2021

Aug

Training

2021 Online Summer Programme: Preventing, Detecting and Responding to Violent Extremism

16 Aug, 2021 - 18 Aug, 2021

Jul

Event

Live Briefing: Arms and Terrorist Financing in Post-Qadhafi Libya

29 Jul, 2021

Jun

Event

Part V of the Handbook: Preparedness and Consequence Management

Summer Programmes 2021

30 Aug, 2021 - 03 Sep, 2021

May

Event

Part IV of the Handbook of Terrorism Prevention and Preparedness: Prevention of, and Preparedness for, Terrorist Attacks

11 May, 2021 - 18 May, 2021

Apr

Event

ICCT Live Briefing: Cashing in on Guns

07 Apr, 2021

Mar

Event

Part III of the Handbook of Terrorism Prevention and Preparedness

11 Mar, 2021

Feb

Event

ICCT Live Briefing: How Terror Evolves

25 Feb, 2021

Jan

Event

Part II of the Handbook of Terrorism Prevention and Preparedness

28 Jan, 2021

Dec

Event

ICCT-RESOLVE Network Live Briefing Recording: Back To The Future: The Historical Roots Of Far-Right Violence

01 Dec, 2020

Nov

Event

Presentation of Handbook on Countering Terrorism

24 Nov, 2020

Nov

Event

10 Years of ICCT: What's Next?

18 Nov, 2020

Aug

Training

2020 Advanced Summer Programme: Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law

24 Aug, 2020 - 28 Aug, 2020

Aug

Training

2020 Online Summer Programme: Preventing, Detecting and Responding to Violent Terrorism

24 Aug, 2020 - 28 Aug, 2020

Jun

Event

ICCT Live Briefing: After the Attack: Crisis Communication Strategy and the Role of the Media - 25 June

25 Jun, 2020

Acteurs Coutumiers Dans un Contexte Singulier: Le Cas de la Région du Sahel au Burkina Faso

Mar

Event

Follow-Up Q&A: Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State: Competition or Cooperation in Western Sahel?

26 Mar, 2020

Mar

Event

ICCT Live Briefing: Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State: Competition or Cooperation in Western Sahel?

26 Mar, 2020

Oct

Event

SCL Lecture: Book Launch 'Defining International Terrorism - Between State Sovereignty and Cosmopolitanism'

14 Oct, 2019

Oct

Event

The ISIS Files Project – Public Event

10 Oct, 2019

Sep

Event

Youth Engagement and Resilience Against Violent Extremism in the Sahel

24 Sep, 2019

Aug

Training

2019 Advanced Summer Programme: Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law

26 Aug, 2019 - 30 Aug, 2019

Aug

Training

2019 Advanced Summer Programme: Preventing, Detecting and Responding to the Violent Extremist Threat

19 Aug, 2019 - 23 Aug, 2019

Jun

Event

ICCT Lecture: The Evolution of al-Qaeda Over Three Decades: Lessons Learned for the Future

12 Jun, 2019

May

Event

ICCT Annual Conference 2019: Lessons from the Past, Dilemmas of the Present and Challenges for the Future: What is an 'effective' CT strategy

16 May, 2019 - 17 May, 2019

Aug

Event

High Level Panel: The Use of International Terrorist Watch Lists

31 Aug, 2018

Aug

Training

2018 Advanced Summer Programmes

20 Aug, 2018 - 24 Aug, 2018

Sep

Event

Bringing Terrorists to Justice in a (Post-)Conflict Landscape: Narrowing the Impunity Gap

19 Sep, 2017

Nov

Event

STR 2016: Addressing Key Societal Challenges

07 Nov, 2016 - 08 Nov, 2016

Jun

Event

National Action Planning on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism

30 Jun, 2016

Dec

Event

ICCT Networking Event "Combining Efforts in Counter-Terrorism"

14 Dec, 2015

Nov

Event

Clingendael: Expert Meeting with Nicolas de Rivière

13 Nov, 2015

Oct

Event

High Level Panel Discussion on Accountability in the War on Terror

22 Oct, 2015

Oct

Training

Expert Meeting: (Counter-) Terrorism in the Post-Arab Spring Context

06 Oct, 2015 - 07 Oct, 2015

Aug

Event

High Level Panel: The Dilemmas Involved in Countering Terrorism through the Internet. What's at Stake?

28 Aug, 2015

Customary Characters in Uncustomary Circumstances: The Case of Northeastern Mali

Apr

Training

Seminar: China’s Role in Peacekeeping and Counter-Terrorism in Mali

30 Apr, 2015

Aug

Training

2015 Summer Programme on Countering Terrorism

24 Aug, 2015 - 28 Aug, 2015

Mar

Event

Globalised Conflict Situations: Nigeria’s Boko Haram in Perspective

20 Mar, 2015

Aug

Event

The Use of Military Evidence in Counter-Terrorism

29 Aug, 2014

Aug

Training

Countering Terrorism in the Post-9/11 World: Legal Challenges & Dilemmas

25 Aug, 2014 - 29 Aug, 2014

Jun

Event

Panel on Reintegrating Terrorist Offenders, Side Event to UN CT Strategy Review

10 Jun, 2014

Sinai Peninsula: A Safe-Haven for Jihadist

Apr

Event

Terrorism in the Sinai Peninsula: A Safe-Haven for Jihadists?

07 Apr, 2014

Dec

Event

Al Qaeda's Resurgence in North Africa?

17 Dec, 2013

Aug

Training

Summer Programme: Countering Terrorism in the Post-9/11 World

26 Aug, 2013 - 30 Aug, 2013

Jul

Event

Second Expert Meeting on Supporting Curriculum Development for the International Institute of Justice and the Rule of Law in Tunisia

08 Jul, 2013 - 09 Jul, 2013

Jun

Training

Algiers Regional Workshop on Countering Incitement and Violent Extremism

16 Jun, 2013 - 18 Jun, 2013

Apr

Training

Salafi Jihadism in Tunisia

19 Apr, 2013

Jan

Event

The Boundaries of the Battlefield

10 Jan, 2013 - 11 Jan, 2013

Aug

Training

Summer Programme: 'Countering Terrorism in the Post 9/11 World'

27 Aug, 2012 - 31 Aug, 2012

Jul

Training

Rabat Regional Workshop on Countering Incitement and Violent Extremism

17 Jul, 2012 - 19 Jul, 2012

Feb

Event

Roundtable: Communicating Fear

21 Feb, 2012

Dec

Event

Political Transition and Stability on the Borders of the Union: Morocco and North Africa

16 Dec, 2011

Nov

Event

Ethical Issues in Counter-Terrorism - Seminar & Book Launch

03 Nov, 2011

Oct

Event

Civil Society's Role in Implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

20 Oct, 2011 - 22 Oct, 2011

Sep

Event

Book Launch: "International Humanitarian Law and Terrorism"

27 Sep, 2011

Aug

Training

CT Summer Programme

22 Aug, 2011 - 26 Aug, 2011

May

Event

Lecture & Panel Debate: Preventing Impunity: Terrorists on Trial

26 May, 2011

Meeting room with lots of people wearing suits

Mar

Training

Extradition & Assurances

22 Mar, 2011

Mar

Event

Negotiating with Terrorists

10 Mar, 2011 - 23 Mar, 2011

Sep

Event

Panel on the Role of Civil Society in Counter-Terrorism

07 Sep, 2010 - 09 Sep, 2010

May

Event

Official Opening ICCT

31 May, 2010

Multimedia

In the media

August 28, 2025

In the Media: Bibi van Ginkel on the issues plaguing the global counter-terrorism sector

Press release

June 17, 2025

ICCT Releases its Annual Report 2024

In the media

June 10, 2025

In the Media: Bibi van Ginkel on the increasingly complex and hybrid nature of extremist threats

Press release

April 25, 2025

ICCT Celebrates 15 years of Impactful Work in Counter-Terrorism

In the media

March 28, 2025

In the media: Tanya Mehra on the ISIS threat in a changing world order

In the media

March 10, 2025

In the media: Peter Knoope on the terrorism threat in the Sahel

Press release

February 27, 2025

ICCT Director Appointed as Chair of the European Union Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation Research Committee

In the media

February 16, 2025

In the media: Eviane Leidig on the risk of radicalisation for incels

Press release

January 23, 2025

European Commission appoints ICCT Director to the Research Committee of the EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation and Extremism

Press release

November 18, 2024

ICCT Hosted Blue Sky AI Workshop

In the media

September 13, 2024

In the Media: Alex P. Schmid on Defining Terrorism

Press release

August 19, 2024

Europol appoints ICCT Director to the steering committee of the ECTC Advisory Network

The far right and video games, 08/08/2024, menso

In the media

August 08, 2024

In the media: Menso Hartgers about gaming and the Far Right

Press release

July 15, 2024

ICCT Releases its Annual Report 2023

In the media

March 18, 2024

In the Media: Meryl Demuynck On What Makes West Africa Such a Vulnerable Place for Violent Extremism

Press release

November 02, 2023

Now Live: The Interlinkages Database

In the media

October 20, 2023

ICCT in the Media: Daveed Gartenstein-Ross on the use of AI by terrorist

In the media

September 30, 2023

ICCT in the Media: Méryl Demuynck on Armed groups advancing in Mali

In the media

July 11, 2023

ICCT in the Media: Tanya Mehra on the Wagner Group and the EU's Terrorism List

In the media

May 15, 2023

ICCT in the Media: Thomas Renard on the Future of Countering Extremism

Press release

January 31, 2023

Now Live: The Foreign Terrorist Fighters Knowledge Hub

In the media

January 30, 2023

ICCT in the Media: Tanya Mehra on the Wagner Group

Press release

November 09, 2022

ICCT Annual Conference 2022 - Global power politics, Counter-terrorism, and Human rights

In the media

June 08, 2022

ICCT in the Media: Teun van Dongen on Dealing With the Threats of Radicalisation and Terrorism

In the media

May 10, 2022

ICCT in the Media: Eviane Leidig on Anti-Feminism and Misogyny Within the Far-Right and Manosphere

In the media

April 07, 2022

ICCT in the Media: Julie Coleman on ISIS fighters in prison in Northeast Syria

In the media

February 17, 2022

ICCT in the Media: Julie Coleman on counter-terrorism efforts in Mali

In the media

February 09, 2022

ICCT in the Media: Eviane Leidig on the Role of Women in Right-wing Extremism

In the media

February 03, 2022

ICCT in the Media: Joana Cook on the Challenges that the Children of FTF's Face

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ICCT: Meet Teun van Dongen

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In the media

January 10, 2022

ICCT in the Media: Teun van Dongen on Twitter's new privacy measures

In the media

September 27, 2021

ICCT in the Media: 20 years after 9/11

In the media

June 04, 2021

ICCT in the Media: Julie Coleman on the situation in the Sahel

In the media

May 16, 2021

ICCT in the Media: Joana Cook reflects on the latest news

In the media

March 11, 2021

ICCT in the Media: Gijs Weijenberg on the EU and the Maghreb

In the media

November 19, 2020

ICCT in the Media: ISIS gaining ground in Africa

Press release

November 18, 2020

Celebrating 10 Years of ICCT

In the media

August 20, 2020

ICCT in the Media: Tanya Mehra Interviewed by BIRN

In the media

June 11, 2020

Featured Perspective: Analysing personal accounts of perpetrators of incel violence

In the media

April 30, 2020

Julie Coleman in Balkan Insight

In the media

April 17, 2020

MERIT Newsflash No. 33

In the media

March 13, 2020

MERIT Newsflash No. 32

In the media

February 27, 2020

Renske van der Veer at the Munich Security Conference (MSC)

In the media

February 26, 2020

MERIT Newsflash No. 31

In the media

February 04, 2020

MERIT Newsflash No. 30

In the media

February 04, 2020

MERIT Newsflash No. 29

In the media

February 04, 2020

MERIT Newsflash No. 28

In the media

February 04, 2020

MERIT Newsflash No. 27

In the media

October 29, 2019

MERIT Newsflash No. 26

In the media

October 29, 2019

MERIT Newsflash No. 25

In the media

October 02, 2019

MERIT Newsflash No. 24

In the media

October 02, 2019

MERIT Newsflash No. 23

In the media

October 02, 2019

MERIT Newsflash No. 22

In the media

August 21, 2019

MERIT Newsflash No. 21

In the media

August 21, 2019

Advanced Media Training for Malian Youth

Press release

May 16, 2019

ICCT Annual Conference 2019: Lessons from the Past, Dilemmas of the Present and Challenges for the Future: What is an 'effective' CT strategy

In the media

April 23, 2019

Senior Research Fellow Liesbeth van der Heide on Foreign Policy

In the media

October 27, 2018

Topics

Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism? An Assessment

Right- and Left-Wing Violent Extremist Abuse of Digital Technologies in the Global South

Exploring Youth Radicalisation within the Almajiri System in Northern Nigeria

Right- and Left-Wing Violent Extremist Abuse of Digital Technologies in the Global South

Exploring Youth Radicalisation within the Almajiri System in Northern Nigeria

Justifications, (Dis)Advantages and Implications of Designating Proxy Actors: The Case of the Wagner Group/Africa Corps

The Islamic State in 2025: an Evolving Threat Facing a Waning Global Response

Conceptualising and Addressing the Migration-Terrorism Nexus: Literature Review, Case Studies, and Policy Recommendations

Violent Extremist Disinformation: Insights from Nigeria and Beyond

Projects

VISTA

Security Coordination and Programme Enhancement (SCOPE)

GNET

Intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Terrorism

Summer Programmes

Foreign Terrorist Fighters Knowledge Hub

Database on Interlinkages between Terrorism and International Crimes

Strategic Communications, Disinformation and Violent Extremism

CT MORSE

Rule of Law-Based Use of Administrative Measures in a Counter-Terrorism Context

Developing Guidance on Criminal Justice Responses to the Linkages between Terrorism and International Crimes

USAID Customary Resilience

Workshops on Criminal Justice Responses to the Linkages between Terrorism and International Crimes

Small Arms Light Weapons (SALW)

Mitigating the Impact of Media Reporting of Terrorism

Countering Violent Extremism in Mali (MERIT)

Developing the Glion Recommendations on the Use of Administrative Measures

Engaging Civil Society in Rehabilitation: The Sahel

Developing UN Guidelines on Evidence Collected by the Military

Engaging Civil Society in Rehabilitation

M&E: Terrorism Financing in the Horn of Africa

Countering Incitement and Violent Extremism

Capacity-Building in Risk Assessment, Rehabilitation and Reintegration

Development of the Addendum of the Hague-Marrakech Memorandum

Military Transition Strategies

Protecting Intelligence Sources & Witnesses

Civil Society Engagement: Nigeria

Curriculum Development for the Rule of Law

Future Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism Trends

Events

2026 Advanced Counter-Terrorism Summer Programme: Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law

ICCT Annual Conference 2025 15/15 Vision: Looking Back, Moving Forward

2025 Advanced Counter-Terrorism Summer Programme: Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law

ICCT Live Webinar: The Role of Transitional Justice in the Context of Counter-Terrorism: Opportunities and Challenges

2024 Advanced Counter-Terrorism Summer Programme: Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law

ICCT Live Briefing: Spill-over effects of Israel-Hamas conflict: Impacting the narratives in Europe, Africa, West-Balkans and the rest of the Middle East

ICCT Annual Conference 2024 "Houston, we have a problem": Counter-Terrorism in the Age of Uncertainty

Roudtable Discussion on the 2023 UNDP Report Journey to Extremism in Africa: Pathways to Recruitment and Disengagement UNDP

Hedayah Eight Annual International Countering Violent Extremism Research Conference

Victims of terrorism and their right to access justice: Challenges and solutions

ICCT Annual Conference 2023 - Hybrid Extremism: Causes and Responses to Anti-Institutional and Far-Right Extremisms

2023 Advanced Summer Programme: Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law

2023 Advanced Summer Programme: Preventing, Detecting and Responding to Violent Extremism

ICCT Live Webinar: Assessing the State of Terrorism Studies

ICCT Live Briefing: Ten Years Later – Lessons from Decade-Long Counter-Terrorism Efforts in the Sahel

ICCT Live Briefing: Masculinity and Violent Extremism

ICCT Annual Conference 2022 - Global Power Politics, Counter-Terrorism, And Human Rights

2022 Advanced Summer Programme: Terrorism, counter-terrorism and the rule of law

2022 Online Summer Programme: Preventing, Detecting and Responding to Violent Extremism

ICCT Live Briefing: Accountability in Transnational Counter-Terrorism

ICCT and Egmont Institute Live Briefing: The Islamic State in Africa

ICCT Online Training Session: The Power of Guns: indirect and direct use of SALW by terrorist groups

ICCT Annual Conference 2021 - Trends in Radicalisation to Violence: Key Policy Priorities and Knowledge Gaps

ICCT Live Briefing: Impact of Covid on Violent Non-State Actors

2021 Advanced Summer Programme: Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law

2021 Online Summer Programme: Preventing, Detecting and Responding to Violent Extremism

Live Briefing: Arms and Terrorist Financing in Post-Qadhafi Libya

Part V of the Handbook: Preparedness and Consequence Management

Summer Programmes 2021

Part IV of the Handbook of Terrorism Prevention and Preparedness: Prevention of, and Preparedness for, Terrorist Attacks

ICCT Live Briefing: Cashing in on Guns

Part III of the Handbook of Terrorism Prevention and Preparedness

ICCT Live Briefing: How Terror Evolves

Part II of the Handbook of Terrorism Prevention and Preparedness

ICCT-RESOLVE Network Live Briefing Recording: Back To The Future: The Historical Roots Of Far-Right Violence

Presentation of Handbook on Countering Terrorism

10 Years of ICCT: What's Next?

2020 Advanced Summer Programme: Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law

2020 Online Summer Programme: Preventing, Detecting and Responding to Violent Terrorism