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Voor het Kennisplatform Inclusive Development Policies (INCLUDE Knowledge Platform) zijn wij op zoek naar een student-assistent (0,4 fte) per 1 februari 2022. Het platform slaat een brug tussen wetenschap enerzijds en praktijk en beleid anderzijds op het gebied van inclusieve ontwikkeling in Afrika.

Are you thinking about doing a master's or research master's programme that’s focusing on Africa? Join us at the online Master's Week! Presentations about the African Studies master's and research master's programmes will be given on Friday 5 November 17.00-18.00 CET.

The Annual Report for 2020 is out now! In addition to an excellent list of publications by our researchers, you will find other highlights such as the (pre-COVID-19) conference 'Africa: 60 years of independence', the honorary doctorate awarded to Prof. Lungisile Ntsebeza (UCT), and the prolific three-month online conference Africa Knows!

The Stephen Ellis Annual Research Lecture will be given on 9 December by Dr Nanjala Nyabola, independent writer and researcher based in Nairobi, Kenya. Examining key moments in African women’s history, Dr Nyabola will outline key characteristics of African women’s political organisation, mobilisation and action. She will also offer a possible theoretical framework for African women’s work and African feminisms as political science method. Please register for this online lecture.

This paper by Prof. Jon Abbink offers a political analysis of the development of the TPLF-induced armed conflict in northern Ethiopia and considers the international responses in media and international policy circles. In spite of the unilateral TPLF extension of the armed conflict since late June 2021, the responses of international policy circles, notably from the Western donor countries and the UN, have been negative towards the federal government and mild on the TPLF.