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Official Munich Security Conference Side Event
Conversation on African Security

Join our Official Munich Security Conference #MSC2026 Side event, co-hosted with the Institute for Security Studies in Munich and online!

Banner: Invitation for the MSC Side Event co-hosted by the Hanns Seidel Foundation and the Institute for Security Studies

Invitation for the MSC Side Event co-hosted by the Hanns Seidel Foundation and the Institute for Security Studies

ISS

Africa represents both dynamic growth and increasing security challenges. During the side event with our African partner organization, the Institute for Security Studies, decision-makers will discuss how conflicts, geopolitical competition, and new security collaborations are shaping the continent's future. The conversation is not only how to reduce conflict, but how to do so in a way that strengthens governance, protects democracy, and unlocks development: honestly, pragmatically, and together.

•⁠ ⁠If external assistance is declining, is Africa entering an era where it must largely secure itself?

•⁠ ⁠How do Africans pursue security without hollowing out democracy?

•⁠ ⁠How do governments invest in the military and professional law enforcement when citizens are demanding schools, jobs, and healthcare?

•⁠ ⁠What does it actually mean when partnerships come with competing interests, technologies, and norms?

•⁠ ⁠Which external partnerships are genuinely aligned with Africa’s priorities, rather than using African insecurity as a proxy battlefield?

Speakers:

  • Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, Francophonie and Congolese Diaspora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
  • Dr Leon Schreiber, Minister of Home Affairs, Republic of South Africa
  • Dr Jakkie Cilliers, Chairperson of the Board, Head of African Futures & Innovation, Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

Moderator: 

Ottilia Anna Maunganidze, Head of Special Projects, Institute for Security Studies

Join us in person at the Dachgarten Lounge, Bayerischer Hof, Munich (MSC accreditation required) or online via Livestream!

15 February

10.30 to 11.15 CET  (11.30 to 12.15 SAST) 

MSC Livestream below - Log in for our event on Sunday to watch it online.

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