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Posted on 9 November 2011, last modified on 9 October 2023
09 August 2018
Mirjam Tjassing geeft op 20 augustus 16.00 uur een presentatie van haar nieuwe boek 'Mali, een kaartenhuis. Getuigenis van een crisis'. Zij bracht als (voormalig) diplomaat 11 jaar door in Afrika. Zij schetst de ontwikkelingen vanaf 2012. Hoe konden rebellie en een staatsgreep plaatsvinden in een land dat bekend stond als hét voorbeeld van democratie en stabiliteit? En de kans op escalatie neemt toe. Dit persoonlijke verslag van de crisis en de achtergronden ervan helpt de huidige ontwikkelingen in Mali beter te begrijpen.
06 August 2018
When Zimbabwe’s President, Emmerson Mnangagwa fled into exile in November 2017, he declared that ‘by the will of the people’ he would return as leader of the country. On 14 November 2017, a ‘coup that was not a coup’ was announced. A week later, Mnangagwa became Zimbabwe’s new president. In this seminar Sibanengi Ncube, University of the Free State, will argue that the opposition and civic organizations were recruited and used to settle ZANU PF factional scores.
01 August 2018
The consequences of climate change are experienced worldwide, but the African continent appears to carry the heaviest burden when it comes to adapting to climate change. To explore how climate change could be addressed in Africa, the Netherlands Association for African Studies (NVAS) organizes the NVAS Africa Day 2018 ‘Responding to climate change in Africa’, together with the World Wide Fund for Nature, on 20 October at WWF Netherlands’ climate-neutral head office in Zeist.
25 July 2018
The current transitions in Africa generate business development towards unprecedented economic and technological specialization. In the process, new endogenous African firms start to emerge. During this lunch seminar on 12 September Paul Ingenbleek, Wageningen University and Research, will discuss on-going work that is based on a variety of projects that lead to new insights in African firms. Bring your own lunch!
17 July 2018
Cora Dekker initiated, trained and supervised community-based sociotherapy initiatives in Rwanda, East Congo and Liberia from 2005 to 2018. This handbook describes the process of training in four geographically and politically diverse areas where war had left deep scars.
12 July 2018
The objective of this meeting on 23 October is to provide insight into the background of the continuing crisis in the Sahel. The meeting will consist of five moderated presentations, with Q&A sessions, to be followed by a Round Table discussion. Among the speakers are Prof. Mirjam de Bruijn (ASCL), Prof. Han van Dijk (ASCL), Sergei Boeke (Leiden University), Modibo Galy Cissé (PhD Leiden University) and Dr Mamadou Bodian (Sahel Research Group, University of Florida).
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