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Media reports play a critical role both in informing the public and as a resource for national authorities, and civil society organisations (CSOs) on the private security industry.
On 7 December, Observatory members from West, Central & Southern Africa visited the DCAF office
L’envergure et le rôle des entreprises de sécurité privée se sont considérablement multipliés ces dernières années sur le continent africain : c’est également le cas au Burkina Faso.
The CRTV news channel, invited to a brief press conference held at the occasion of the Francophone Steering Committee Meeting held on 8-9th of May 2019 in Yaoundé, Cameroon, issued a televised report on the Private Security Governance Observatory and the specifics of the Steering Committee Meeting.
CECIDE, the project lead, developed a video report on the research project ‘Prospective analysis of the private security sector in Guinea’.
Guinea : this project has been submitted by the organisation CECIDE, represented by Mr. Pascal Tenguiano and Mr. Moussa Nimaga.
This project has been submitted by the organisation l’Observatoire d’Etudes et d’Appui à la Responsabilité Sociétale et Environnementale (OAERSE), represented by Mr. Freddy Kasongo.
Usalama’s engagement for the consolidation of Private Security started back in 2010, after the adoption of the new constitution of Kenya as part of the broader framework of the national security sector reform.
In April 2018 the Observatory member civil society organisation AFRILAW established a partnership with the Private Guards Companies Department of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, (NSCDC) to work together to promote and improve private security governance and responsible private security services in Nigeria.