A number of journalists from the Maghreb and Sahel countries decided to establish the "Sahel and Maghreb Journalists' Initiative to Prevent Violent Extremism".
The establishment of this initiative came as a result of consultations held by journalists in the capital of Ivory Coast, Abidjan, during their participation in a training program supervised by the American NGO "Equal Access International" on "media and extremism".
The objectives of the "Sahel and Maghreb Journalists' Initiative to Prevent Violent Extremism" include 3 main axes:
1- Networking, cooperation, and information exchange between journalists.
2- Training and continuous training of members to raise their capabilities in this field with the aim of supervising the training of journalists in the region.
3- Encouraging and supporting the production of media content to reduce violent extremist discourse, through partnerships with interested donors.
The temporary leadership committee for this initiative is composed of:
President: Anas Mezzour (Morocco)
Vice President: Mariam Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso)
- General Secretary: Bakari Guèye (Mauritania)
Assistant General Secretary: Dénémadji Némerci (Chad)
Members:
Abdou Khadre Cissé (Senegal)
Mohamadou Alhassan (Niger)
Martin Kaba (Burkina Faso)
- Awa Seydou Traoré (Mauritania)
- Mahamadou Mahaman (Niger)
- H.Alain Savadogo (Burkina Faso)
- Rajel Oumar (Mauritania)
