Appendix A - Workshop agenda

Terrorism in North Africa and the Sahel
The expansion of a regional threat?

A workshop of the Academic Outreach program of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)

14 October 2016
CSIS National Headquarters, Ottawa

Program

13:00 – 13:15  Objectives and structure of the workshop

13:15 – 14:45  Module 1 – Al-Qaeda and Daesh in Africa Today: Localised opportunism or transnational ambition?

• Understanding the regional strategy of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
• Has Daesh already overreached in Libya?

14:45 – 15:00  Break

15:00 – 16:30  Module 2 – Future prospects for violent extremism in North Africa and the Sahel

• Will Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb continue to prosper? Implications for counter-terrorism in the Sahel
• The evolving fight against jihadism in North Africa and the Sahel

16:30               Adjourn