News & Events

ASCL director Ton Dietz gave a speech during the official visit of President Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique to the Netherlands, 17-19 May 2017. Prof. Dietz spoke during a meeting of the Mozambican delegation with Dutch NGOs and knowledge institutes. He highlighted the ties between the two countries, especially in the knowledge sector. You can read Ton Dietz's speech in Portuguese or in English.

On the occasion of the conference ‘Education for Life in Africa’, organized by the Netherlands Association for Africa Studies in The Hague on 19 and 20 May, the ASCL Library has compiled a web dossier on this theme. The conference is dedicated to Goal 4 of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): ‘Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning’. Read the web dossier.

In November 2014 the ASCL published a thematic map about Africa’s ‘no-go areas’. It was a contribution to a debate among Dutch universities about preventing their students and staff from going to Africa. It was the era of Ebola and of growing anxiety about the risks of being kidnapped. This new thematic map shows what has changed in Africa between late 2014 and early 2017. Clearly, the no-go areas in Africa have increased.