CEN-SAD prepares to restructure its bodies in Tripoli
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Mali Actu
The Community of Sahel-Saharan States, an organisation bringing together 28 countries, opened its 22nd session in Tripoli on 7 November 2026, with discussions on restructuring its bodies, combating terrorism and border security. Abdelhamid Dbeibah also called for a timetable for the executive secretariat's return to Libya, according to Mali Actu.
The Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD), which brings together 28 African countries, placed the restructuring of its bodies at the heart of its 22nd ordinary session of the Executive Council, opened on 7 November 2026 in Tripoli by Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dbeibah, according to Mali Actu.
The discussions also cover counter-terrorism and border security, with the participation notably of the foreign ministers of Egypt, Tunisia and Chad as well as UN Special Representative Hanna Tetteh, Mali Actu reports. The meeting comes as CEN-SAD seeks to revive its institutional functioning after several years of slowdown.
Created in February 1998 at the initiative of Tripoli, the organisation transferred its executive secretariat to N'Djamena after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. Abdelhamid Dbeibah called for a precise timetable to be established for the return of the headquarters to the Libyan capital, according to Mali Actu.
The session follows the approval by CEN-SAD ministers of the return of the executive secretariat to Tripoli, announced on 8 November. It also takes place in the context of security initiatives in the Sahel and North Africa, including the Confederation of Sahel States, according to Mali Actu.
