Photograph of four panellists at the 2^nd Colloque International des Écrivains, Journalistes et Communicateurs Traditionnels, which was organised by the Malian Centre and Mouvement Malivaleurs and held at Hôtel Massaley in Bamako from 29 November to 2 December 2016. From left to right are: Ismaïlia Samba Traoré, president of the Malian Centre (2015-); Alfousseyni Diawara from the Department of Public Rights of the University of Law and Political Science of Bamako; Urbain Amoa, writer from Côte d’Ivoire; and Cecilia Balcázar, Board member of PEN International (2002-05; 2006-09), president (1996-2006) and president emerita of the Colombian Centre. The theme of this colloquium was “The rise of violent extremism as a threat to the state, social cohesion, rights and freedoms” and this particular panel event took place on its second day, 30 November 2016.