Tuesday 30 May 2023 fro
m 01.00 pm to 02.30 pm (ET) / 05.00 pm to 06.30 pm (UT)
\nThe Africa Study Group (ASG) and the Middle East Institute (MEI) pr
esent a webinar on:
\nSECURITY AND STABILIZATION IN
AFRICA: THE SAHEL
This Web inar is the third in an ASG/MEI series focusing on the Sahel and Sahara re gions. The current crisis in the Sahel has been prominent on the UN’s age nda. In September 2022 at the high level event held on the Sahel\, UN Sec retary General Guterres noted “the situation is extremely urgent. Insecu rity and political instability in the Sahel continue to worsen an already catastrophic humanitarian situation….in some areas\, the state has lost al l access to the population. Non-state armed group are consolidating their deadly grip on the region and are even seeking to expand their presence t o the countries of the Gulf of Guinea.”
\nHe concluded “Let us be cl ear: the security crisis in the Sahel is a global threat. If nothing is done\, the effects of terrorism\, violent extremism and organized crime wi ll be felt far beyond the region and the African continent. An urgent and coordinated international response is needed.”
\nThis webinar will address the challenges and prospectives of such an international response.
\n | \nJonathan Winer has been the United States Special Envoy for Libya\, responsible for developing\, coor dinating\, and implementing U.S. policy on Libya. He was previously U.S. d eputy assistant secretary of state for International Law Enforcement and s erved as the first General Secretary of the Global Forum on Corruption. Jo nathan Winer also served for 10 years as counsel to U.S. Senator John F. K erry as well as a regulator attorney specializing in national security law and cross border regulation. He has written and lectured widely on nation al security and foreign policy\, human rights\, international money launde ring\, sanctions\, corruption\, and the legal implication of globalization . In 2016\, he received the highest award granted by the Secretary of Stat e for extraordinary service to the US government. | \n
| J. Peter Pham rej oined the Atlantic Council as a distinguished fellow in March 2021\, after concluding public service successively as US Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa and US Special Envoy for the Sahel Region with the personal rank of Ambassador. He had previously been Atlantic Council vice president for research and regional initiatives and director of the Counci l’s Africa Center. Prior to joining the Atlantic Council in 2011\, he was senior vice president of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy \, and editor of its bimonthly journal\, American Foreign Policy Inter ests. He served on the Senior Advisory Group of the US Africa Command from 2008-2013. From 2008 to 2017 he also served as vice president of the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA)\, an acad emic organization which represents more than 1\,300 scholars of Middle Eas tern and African Studies at more than 300 colleges and universities in the United States and overseas and was founding editor-in-chief of ASMEA’s pe er-reviewed Journal of the Middle East and Africa. Ambassador Pha m is the author of more than 300 essays and reviews and the author\, edito r\, or translator of over a dozen books\, including\, most recently\, Somalia: Fixing Africa’s Most Failed State (Tafelberg\, 2013\; coauth ored with Greg Mills and David Kilcullen). Ambassador Pham is the recipien t of numerous honors and awards from African countries in recognition of c ontributions made over the course of his career to strengthening relations between the United States and Africa\, including Commander of the Nationa l Order of Mali\, Commander of the National Order of Burkina Faso\, Office r of the National Order of Merit of Niger\, Commander of the National Orde r of Merit of Gabon\, and Commander of the Order of the Friendship of Peop les of Burundi. | \n|
| Dr Lori-Anne Théroux-Bénoni is Director of the ISS Regiona l Office for West Africa\, the Sahel and the Lake Chad Basin. She leads a team of researchers based in Dakar\, Bamako\, Abidjan\, Abuja and N’Djamen a. The Office works on key policy issues in the region such as violent ext remism and terrorism\, political instability\, local conflicts\, peace ope rations and political processes. Prior to joining the ISS in 2012\, she wo rked as a researcher with the Network on Peace Operations at the Universit y of Montreal\, Canada\, Radio-Canada and the Carter Center in Côte d’Ivoi re. Lori-Anne has a PhD in anthropology from the University of Toronto\, C anada. She conducts research and analyses conflicts\, insecurity and viole nce from an anthropological perspective to inform current policy discussio ns and processes at national\, regional and global levels. | \nModerator: Intisar Fakir is director of the North Africa and Sahel program of the Mi ddle East Institute\, a Washington-based institution. She is an expert on North Africa\, the Sahel\, and key regional thematic issues including gov ernance\, social change\, migration\, and security. She is the author of n umerous reports\, articles and has consulted and advised governments and c orporate entities in the US and Europe on Maghreb and Sahel developments i ssues. She is fluent in English\, Arabic\, and French and holds a M.A. fro m the Elliott School at George Washington University. | \n\n\n
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Ce webina ire est le troisième d’une série ASG/MEI consacrée à la région du Sahel. L a crise actuelle au Sahel est au rang des priorités de l’ONU. En septembr e 2022\, lors d’un événement de haut niveau sur le Sahel\, le Secrétaire g énéral de l’ONU\, M. Guterres\, a noté “la situation est extrêmement urgen te”. L’insécurité et l’instabilité politique au Sahel continuent d’aggrav er une situation humanitaire déjà catastrophique…. dans certaines régions\ , l’État a perdu tout accès à la population. Les groupes armés non étatiq ues consolident leur emprise meurtrière sur la région et cherchent même à étendre leur présence aux pays du Golfe de Guinée”.
\nEt de conclure : “Soyons clairs : la crise sécuritaire au Sahel est une menace mondiale. Si rien n’est fait\, les effets du terrorisme\, de l’extrémisme violent et du crime organisé se feront sentir bien au-delà de la région et du cont inent africain. Une réponse internationale urgente et coordonnée est néce ssaire”.
\nCe webinaire abordera les défis et les perspectives d’une telle réponse internationale.
\n| Jonath an Winer a été Envoyé spécial des États-Unis pour la Libye\, char gé d’élaborer\, de coordonner et de mettre en œuvre la politique des États -Unis à l’égard de ce pays. Il était auparavant secrétaire d’État adjoint pour l’application du droit international et a été le premier secrétaire g énéral du Forum mondial sur la corruption. Jonathan Winer a également été pendant dix ans le conseiller du sénateur américain John F. Kerry\, ainsi qu’un avocat spécialisé dans le droit de la sécurité nationale et la régle mentation transfrontalière. Il a écrit et donné de nombreuses conférences sur la sécurité nationale et la politique étrangère\, les droits de l’homm e\, le blanchiment d’argent international\, les sanctions\, la corruption et les implications juridiques de la mondialisation. En 2016\, il a reçu l a plus haute distinction décernée par le secrétaire d’État pour services e xtraordinaires rendus au gouvernement des États-Unis. | \n|
| J. Peter Pham a rejoint l’Atlantic Council en tant que membre éminent en mars 2021\, ap rès avoir été successivement envoyé spécial des États-Unis pour la région des Grands Lacs d’Afrique et envoyé spécial des États-Unis pour la région du Sahel\, avec le rang personnel d’ambassadeur. Il était auparavant vice- président de l’Atlantic Council pour la recherche et les initiatives régio nales et directeur de l’Africa Center de l’Atlantic Council. Avant de rejo indre le Conseil atlantique en 2011\, il était vice-président senior du Na tional Committee on American Foreign Policy et rédacteur en chef de son jo urnal bimensuel\, American Foreign Policy Interests. Il a fait partie du g roupe consultatif supérieur du commandement américain pour l’Afrique de 20 08 à 2013. De 2008 à 2017\, il a également été vice-président de l’Associa tion pour l’étude du Moyen-Orient et de l’Afrique (ASMEA)\, une organisati on universitaire qui représente plus de 1 300 chercheurs en études du Moye n-Orient et de l’Afrique dans plus de 300 collèges et universités aux État s-Unis et à l’étranger\, et a été le rédacteur en chef fondateur du Journa l of the Middle East and Africa de l’ASMEA\, un journal à comité de lectur e. L’ambassadeur Pham est l’auteur de plus de 300 essais et critiques et l ’auteur\, l’éditeur ou le traducteur de plus d’une douzaine d’ouvrages\, d ont le plus récent est Somalia : Fixing Africa’s Most Failed State (Tafelb erg\, 2013 \; coécrit avec Greg Mills et David Kilcullen). L’ambassadeur P ham a reçu de nombreuses distinctions et récompenses de la part de pays af ricains en reconnaissance des contributions qu’il a apportées au cours de sa carrière au renforcement des relations entre les États-Unis et l’Afriqu e. Il a notamment été fait commandeur de l’ordre national du Mali\, comman deur de l’ordre national du Burkina Faso\, officier de l’ordre national du mérite du Niger\, commandeur de l’ordre national du mérite du Gabon et co mmandeur de l’ordre de l’amitié des peuples du Burundi. | \n|
| Dr. Lori- Anne Théroux-Bénoni est directrice du Bureau régional de l’ISS po ur l’Afrique de l’Ouest\, le Sahel et le bassin du lac Tchad. Elle dirige une équipe de chercheurs basée à Dakar\, Bamako\, Abidjan\, Abuja et N’Dja mena. Le Bureau travaille sur des questions politiques clés dans la région \, telles que l’extrémisme violent et le terrorisme\, l’instabilité politi que\, les conflits locaux\, les opérations de paix et les processus politi ques. Avant de rejoindre l’ISS en 2012\, elle a travaillé comme chercheuse pour le Réseau sur les opérations de paix à l’Université de Montréal\, au Canada\, à Radio-Canada et au Centre Carter en Côte d’Ivoire. Lori-Anne e st titulaire d’un doctorat en anthropologie de l’Université de Toronto\, a u Canada. Elle mène des recherches et analyse les conflits\, l’insécurité et la violence d’un point de vue anthropologique afin d’éclairer les discu ssions et les processus politiques actuels aux niveaux national\, régional et mondial. | \n|
| Mo dérateur: Intissar Fakir est directrice du program me Afrique du Nord et Sahel du Middle East Institute\, une institution bas ée à Washington. Elle est spécialiste de l’Afrique du Nord\, du Sahel et des questions thématiques régionales clés\, notamment la gouvernance\, le changement social\, la migration et la sécurité. Elle est l’auteur de nomb reux rapports et articles et a consulté et conseillé des gouvernements et des entreprises aux États-Unis et en Europe sur les questions de développe ment du Maghreb et du Sahel. Elle parle couramment l’anglais\, l’arabe et le français et est titulaire d’un M.A. de l’Elliott School de l’Université George Washington. | \n|
DTSTART;TZID=Atlantic/Azores:20230530T130000 DTEND;TZID=Atlantic/Azores:20230530T143000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Security and stabilization in Africa: The Sahel URL:https://africastudygroup.ca/event/security-and-stabilization-in-africa- the-sahel/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://i1.wp.com/africastudygroup.ca/wp-content /uploads/2022/02/Jonathan.png?resize=87%2C112&ssl=1\;87\;112\,medium\;http s://i1.wp.com/africastudygroup.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Jonathan.png? resize=87%2C112&ssl=1\;87\;112\,large\;https://i1.wp.com/africastudygroup. ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Jonathan.png?resize=87%2C112&ssl=1\;87\;112\ ,full\;https://i1.wp.com/africastudygroup.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Jo nathan.png?resize=87%2C112&ssl=1\;87\;112 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-4609@africastudygroup.ca DTSTAMP:20260517T111136Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-CA:ASG Events\,Upcoming events CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:
Wednesday\, September 1
3\, 2023 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (ET)
\nThe Africa Stud
y Group (ASG) and the Norman Paterson School of Internati
onal Affairs (NPSIA) present a round-table on: GOVERNANCE
AND STABILIZATION IN THE SAHEL: NIGER
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The Sahel\, a sub-region once little discussed in global security debates\, now occupies such an important place that the UN Secretary General considers the secur ity crisis there to constitute a global threat. As shown by the internatio nal community’s close attention to the recent military coup in Niger\, the issue of state security and stability in the region is higher on the inte rnational agenda than ever before. The scale of external assistance and in tervention is said to be unprecedented.This round table will shed light on the situation described above\, taking into account the growing internati onal rivalries\, and considering the wider and deeper transformations and perspectives that can neither be ignored nor altered when it comes to main taining peace\, stability and sustainable development in the Sahel.
\n< p>Panelists\n | \nJ. Peter Pham rejoined the Atlantic Council as a distinguished fell ow in March 2021\, after concluding public service successively as US Spec ial Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa and US Special Envoy for th e Sahel Region with the personal rank of Ambassador. He had previously bee n Atlantic Council vice president for research and regional initiatives an d director of the Council’s Africa Center. Prior to joining the Atlantic C ouncil in 2011\, he was senior vice president of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy\, and editor of its bimonthly journal\, Ameri can Foreign Policy Interests. He served on the Senior Advisory Group of the US Africa Command from 2008-2013. From 2008 to 2017 he also served as vice president of the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA)\, an academic organization which represents more than 1\,30 0 scholars of Middle Eastern and African Studies at more than 300 colleges and universities in the United States and overseas and was founding edito r-in-chief of ASMEA’s peer-reviewed Journal of the Middle East and Afr ica. Ambassador Pham is the author of more than 300 essays and review s and the author\, editor\, or translator of over a dozen books\, includin g\, most recently\, Somalia: Fixing Africa’s Most Failed State (T afelberg\, 2013\; coauthored with Greg Mills and David Kilcullen). Ambassa dor Pham is the recipient of numerous honors and awards from African count ries in recognition of contributions made over the course of his career to strengthening relations between the United States and Africa\, including Commander of the National Order of Mali\, Commander of the National Order of Burkina Faso\, Officer of the National Order of Merit of Niger\, Comman der of the National Order of Merit of Gabon\, and Commander of the Order o f the Friendship of Peoples of Burundi. | \n
 | \nDr. Seidik Abba is President of the International Center for Studies and Reflections on th e Sahel. A journalist and writer\, he is the 2022 winner of the Media Lead ership category of the Rebranding Africa Awards. Seidik was editor-in-chie f of the pan-African weekly Jeune-Afrique and Paris bureau chief of the Pa n-African News Agency (PANAPRESS). A columnist and reporter for Le Monde A frique\, he is a regular commentator on African news for several internati onal media\, including TV5 Monde\, France 24\, the BBC and The Voice of Am erica. Seidik works extensively on peace and security issues in the Sahel and the Lake Chad Basin. He is the author of recent books such as: Mali-Sa hel\, notre Afghanistan à nous?\; ”Voyages au cœur de Boko Haram”\, ”Enquê te sur le djihad en Afrique subsaharienne” and\, ”Pour comprendre Boko Har am”\, a book that was revised and expanded in September 2021. Mr. ABBA hol ds a PhD in Information and Communication Sciences (SIC) from the Universi ty of Valenciennes\, France. | \n
 | \nSamuel Ojo Oloru ntoba\, PhD is an Assistant Professor and Principal Investigator of the intercontinental research project on Indigenous Knowledge and Youth Empowerment in Africa. He is also an honorary Professor at the Thabo Mbek i African School of Public and International Affairs\, University of South Africa\, where he was previously an Associate Professor. He obtained PhD in Political Science from the University of Lagos\, Nigeria. He was previ ously a Visiting Scholar at the Program of African Studies\, Northwestern University\, Evanston and fellow of Brown International Advanced Research Institute\, Brown University\, Rhode Island\, United States of America. Ol oruntoba is the author\, editor and co-editor of several books including < em>Regionalism and Integration in Africa: EU-ACP Economic Partnership Agre ements and Euro-Nigeria Relations\, Palgrave\, 2016 and co-editor wit h Toyin Falola of the Palgrave Handbook of Africa and the Changing Global Order\, 2022\, among others. His research interests are in political econo my of development in Africa\, regional integration\, Indigenous knowledge and politics of knowledge production\, Migration\, democracy and developme nt\, global governance of trade and finance\, politics of natural resource s governance\, and EU-African Relations. Oloruntoba has won several awards and grants from local and international research institutions and foundat ions. He is also a member of the Africa Knowledge Network\, Office of Spec ial Adviser on Africa UN Under Secretary-General\, United Nations\, New Yo rk. | \n
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roundtable\n Bruno Charbonneau is Full Pr ofessor of International Studies and Director of the Centre sur la gouvern ance sécurité et de crise (CRITIC) at the Collège militaire royal de Saint -Jean. He is also Director of the Centre FrancoPaix en résolution des conf lits et missions de paix of the Chaire Raoul-Dandurand at the Université d u Québec à Montréal. His work focuses on international intervention in arm ed conflict. In particular\, he is studying the regional and international dynamics of conflict management and resolution in French-speaking West Af rica\, and the consequences of the “division of labor” between internation al counter-terrorist forces and UN peacekeeping forces in the Sahel. He is also developing a research project on the links between armed conflict\, counter-insurgency and climate change. His research has been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada\, the Organisat ion internationale de la Francophonie and Global Affairs Canada\, among ot hers \nHe is the author of France and the New Imperialism: Security Policy in sub-Saharan Africa (2008)\, co-editor of Peace Operations in the Francophone World: Global Governance Meets Post-Colonialism (2014)\, Peac ebuilding\, Memory and Reconciliation: Bridging Top-down and Bottom-up App roaches (2012) and Locating Global Order: American Power and Canadian Secu rity After 9/11 (2010). His writings have also appeared in a number of int ernationally recognized scientific journals: Review of International Studi es\, International Political Sociology\, International Peacekeeping\, Les Temps modernes\, Afrique contemporaine\, Journal of Contemporary African S tudies\, Journal Intervention and Statebuilding\, Conflict\, Security & De velopment\, Canadian Journal of Political Science\, and more. He is curren tly co-editor (with Maxime Ricard) of the Routledge Handbook of African Pe acebuilding\, under contract with Routledge. | \n
| Moderator: Cheickh T. Bangoura is Presi dent of the ASG. He holds a doctorate in public international law and is a n expert on the rule of law\, international justice and international affa irs. Cheickh was an Assistant Professor and university lecturer in Germany \, before joining the United Nations for a career spanning two decades. H e most notably held the positions of Regional Director and Deputy Regional Director of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme (now UNODC)\, respectively in the regional offices for West Africa and ECOWAS\, and for East and South-East Africa (Nairobi). He has also worked for UNID O and UNCITRAL and\, more recently\, as Senior Legal Adviser\, Policy Coor dinator and Diplomatic Adviser to the Under-Secretaries-General of the Uni ted Nations\, Prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwand a and of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals. Cheickh has f urther worked for Citizenship and Immigration Canada\, CANADEM\, the Pears on Peacekeeping Training Centre and CIDA\, and has participated in over 20 international electoral and rule of law missions for Canada\, the United Nations\, the European Union and the OSCE. | \n
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\nMerc redi 13 septembre 2023 de 13h00 à 14h30 (TE)
\nLe groupe de réflexion sur l’Afrique (ASG) et la Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA) présentent une ta ble-ronde sur le thème:GOUVERNANCE ET STABILISATION AU SA HEL : LE NIGER
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\nLe Sahel\, u ne sous-région autrefois peu abordée dans les débats sur la sécurité mondi ale\, occupe aujourd’hui une place si importante que le Secrétaire général des Nations-Unies considère la crise sécuritaire qui y sévit comme une me nace mondiale. Comme le révèle l’attention particulière portée par la comm unauté internationale au récent coup d’État militaire au Niger\, la questi on de la sécurité et de la stabilité des États dans la région est plus que jamais à l’ordre du jour de la communauté internationale. L’ampleur de l’ assistance et de l’intervention extérieures serait sans précédent.Cette ta ble ronde portera lumière sur la situation ci-dessus décrite tout en garda nt à l’esprit les rivalités internationales croissantes et en considérant les transformations et les perspectives plus larges et plus profondes qui ne peuvent être ni ignorées ni modifiées dans le contexte de la paix\, de la stabilité et du développement durable au Sahel.
\nPanélis tes :
\n | \nJ. Peter Pham a rejoint l’Atlantic C ouncil en tant que membre éminent en mars 2021\, après avoir été successiv ement envoyé spécial des États-Unis pour la région des Grands Lacs d’Afriq ue et envoyé spécial des États-Unis pour la région du Sahel\, avec le rang personnel d’ambassadeur. Il était auparavant vice-président de l’Atlantic Council pour la recherche et les initiatives régionales et directeur de l ’Africa Center de l’Atlantic Council. Avant de rejoindre le Conseil atlant ique en 2011\, il était vice-président senior du National Committee on Ame rican Foreign Policy et rédacteur en chef de son journal bimensuel\, Ameri can Foreign Policy Interests. Il a fait partie du groupe consultatif supér ieur du commandement américain pour l’Afrique de 2008 à 2013. De 2008 à 20 17\, il a également été vice-président de l’Association pour l’étude du Mo yen-Orient et de l’Afrique (ASMEA)\, une organisation universitaire qui re présente plus de 1 300 chercheurs en études du Moyen-Orient et de l’Afriqu e dans plus de 300 collèges et universités aux États-Unis et à l’étranger\ , et a été le rédacteur en chef fondateur du Journal of the Middle East an d Africa de l’ASMEA\, un journal à comité de lecture. L’ambassadeur Pham e st l’auteur de plus de 300 essais et critiques et l’auteur\, l’éditeur ou le traducteur de plus d’une douzaine d’ouvrages\, dont le plus récent est Somalia : Fixing Africa’s Most Failed State (Tafelberg\, 2013 \; coécrit a vec Greg Mills et David Kilcullen). L’ambassadeur Pham a reçu de nombreuse s distinctions et récompenses de la part de pays africains en reconnaissan ce des contributions qu’il a apportées au cours de sa carrière au renforce ment des relations entre les États-Unis et l’Afrique. Il a notamment été f ait commandeur de l’ordre national du Mali\, commandeur de l’ordre nationa l du Burkina Faso\, officier de l’ordre national du mérite du Niger\, comm andeur de l’ordre national du mérite du Gabon et commandeur de l’ordre de l’amitié des peuples du Burundi. | \n
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 | \nSamuel Ojo Oloruntoba\, PhD\, es t Professeur assistant et chercheur principal du projet de recherche inter continental sur les connaissances indigènes et l’autonomisation des jeunes en Afrique. Il est également professeur honoraire à la Thabo Mbeki Africa n School of Public and International Affairs de l’université d’Afrique du Sud\, où il était précédemment professeur associé. Il a obtenu un doctora t en sciences politiques à l’université de Lagos\, au Nigeria. Auparavant\ , il a effectué une visite au programme d’études africaines de l’universit é Northwestern\, à Evanston\, et a été membre du Brown International Advan ced Research Institute\, de l’université Brown\, à Rhode Island\, aux État s-Unis d’Amérique. Oloruntoba est auteur\, éditeur et co-éditeur de plusie urs ouvrages\, dont Regionalism and Integration in Africa : EU-ACP Economi c Partnership Agreements and Euro-Nigeria Relations\, Palgrave\, 2016 et c o-éditeur avec Toyin Falola du Palgrave Handbook of Africa and the Changin g Global Order\, 2022\, entre autres. Ses recherches portent sur l’économi e politique du développement en Afrique\, l’intégration régionale\, les sa voirs autochtones et les politiques de production des connaissances\, les migrations\, la démocratie et le développement\, la gouvernance mondiale d u commerce et de la finance\, les politiques de gouvernance des ressources naturelles et les relations entre l’Union européenne et l’Afrique. M. Olo runtoba a reçu plusieurs prix et subventions de la part d’institutions de recherche et de fondations locales et internationales. Il est également me mbre de l’Africa Knowledge Network\, Bureau du conseiller spécial pour l’A frique du Secrétaire général adjoint des Nations unies\, Nations unies\, N ew York. | \n
 | \nBr uno Charbonneau est professeur titulaire en études internationale s et directeur du Centre sur la gouvernance sécurité et de crise (CRITIC) au Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean. Il est aussi directeur du Centre FrancoPaix en résolution des conflits et missions de paix de la Chaire Ra oul-Dandurand à l’Université du Québec à Montréal. \nSes travaux por tent sur les interventions internationales dans les conflits armés. En par ticulier\, il étudie les dynamiques régionales et internationales en matiè re de gestion et de résolution des conflits en Afrique de l’Ouest francoph one\, les conséquences de la « division du travail » entre les forces inte rnationales contre-terroristes et les forces onusiennes du maintien de la paix au Sahel. Il développe également un projet de recherche sur les liens entre les conflits armés\, la contre-insurrection et les changements clim atiques. Ses recherches ont été financées\, entre autres\, par le Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada\, par l’Organisation internat ionale de la Francophonie et par Affaires mondiales Canada. \nIl est l’auteur de France and the New Imperialism : Security Policy in sub-Sahar an Africa (2008)\, codirecteur de Peace Operations in the Francophone Worl d : Global Governance Meets Post-Colonialism (2014)\, Peacebuilding\, Memo ry and Reconciliation : Bridging Top-down and Bottom-up Approaches (2012) et Locating Global Order : American Power and Canadian Security After 9/11 (2010). Ses écrits ont également été publiés dans plusieurs revues scient ifiques reconnues mondialement : Review of International Studies\, Interna tional Political Sociology\, International Peacekeeping\, Les Temps modern es\, Afrique contemporaine\, Journal of Contemporary African Studies\, Jou rnal Intervention and Statebuilding\, Conflict\, Security & Development\, Canadian Journal of Political Science\, et plus encore. Il codirige présen tement (avec Maxime Ricard) le Routledge Handbook of African Peacebuilding \, sous contrat avec Routledge. | \n
| Modérateur: Cheickh T. Bangoura est prés ident du GRA. Il est titulaire d’un doctorat en droit public international et expert en matière d’État de droit\, de justice internationale et d’aff aires internationales. Cheickh a été professeur assistant et conférencier universitaire en Allemagne\, avant de rejoindre les Nations-Unies pour une carrière de deux décennies. Il a notamment occupé les postes de directeu r régional et de directeur régional adjoint du Programme des Nations Unies pour le contrôle international des drogues (aujourd’hui ONUDC)\, respecti vement dans les bureaux régionaux pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest et la CEDEAO\, et pour l’Afrique de l’Est et du Sud-Est (Nairobi). Il a également travai llé pour l’ONUDI et la CNUDCI et\, plus récemment\, en tant que conseiller juridique principal\, coordinateur politique et conseiller diplomatique a uprès des sous-secrétaires généraux des Nations Unies\, Procureurs du Trib unal pénal international pour le Rwanda et du Mécanisme pour les tribunaux pénaux internationaux. Cheickh a en outre travaillé pour Citoyenneté et I mmigration Canada\, CANADEM\, le Centre Pearson de formation au maintien d e la paix et l’ACDI\, et a participé à plus de 20 missions électorales int ernationales et de primauté de l’Etat de droit pour le Canada\, les Nation s Unies\, l’Union européenne et l’OSCE. | \n|
Tuesday 17 October 2023 from 12:00 to 13:30 (E.T.) / 18:00 to 19:30 (Johannesburg and Maputo)
\nThe Africa Study Group (ASG) and th e Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA) present a round-table on: THE WAGNER GR OUP IN AFRICA
\nThis session will be in hybrid format.
\nAfter registering you will receive a Zoom li nk to join the webinar
\nMercenari es have a long and inglorious history in Africa. Today the Wagner Group h as earned public attention because of its overt sponsorship by Russia and its strategy of linking military deployments with commercial benefits. It s varied military\, economic\, political presence in Africa particularly i ncludes Libya\, Mali\, Burkina Faso\, Sudan\, Equatorial Guinea\, Central African Republic\, Kenya\, Democratic Republic of the Congo\, Mozambique\, Madagascar and Zimbabwe. The recent apparent death of the its founder and leader\, Yevgeny Prigozhin\, has put a question mark over the future of t he Group in Africa. Today’s panelists will tackle the history and possibly the future of the Group from a variety of angles.
\n| Leigh Sarty is an Adjunct Professor at the Institute of European\, Russian and Eurasian Studies and a Senior Fellow at the Nor man Paterson School of International Affairs\, Carleton University. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary History a t the University of Toronto. HIs career at Global Affairs Canada included postings at the Canadian Embassy in Moscow (1996-1999\; 2012-2016) and in Beijing\, where he headed the Political Section from 2003 to 2007. He wa s Director General for Europe (2016-2018) before serving as Global Affairs Scholar in Residence until his retirement in 2021. He holds an M.A. from Carleton University (Soviet Studies 1985) and a PhD in Political Science (1991) from Columbia University. | \n|
| Borges Nhamirre\, is a consultant to the Canadian bilateral development program in Mozambique. H e is a journalist and researcher with over 15 years of experience in Mozam bican politics and governance. Borges holds an International Relations and Diplomacy degree from Higher Institute of International Relations\, Maput o\; a Law degree from School of Law\, Eduardo Mondlane University\, Maputo and an MSc in Security Studies at Universidade Joaquim Chissano\, Maputo. His recent work experience includes as a research consultant with the Ins titute for Security Studies\, Pretoria\, as Mozambique’s correspondent to Bloomberg News and as researcher in Governance with Maputo-based Think Tan k Center for Public Integrity. | \n|
| Geoff York\, resource person for t he roundtable: After a 13-year career in bureaus and beat s in Canada\, he has worked in foreign bureaus since 1994\, beginning in M oscow (1994 to 2002)\, then in Beijing (2002 to 2008) and then in Johannes burg (2009 to the present). He has won awards for his investigative report ing and for his coverage of Indigenous issues in Canada and abroad. He ha s covered wars in Afghanistan\, Iraq\, Chechnya\, Somalia\, the Democratic Republic of Congo and elsewhere. He has written or co-written three books : The Dispossessed (about Indigenous issues in Canada)\; People of the Pin es (about the Oka crisis)\; and The High Price of Health (about medical po litics in Canada). He has received several journalistic awards\, including a National Magazine Award and two National Newspaper Awards. | \n|
| The Roundtable will be moderated by Dr . Marcia Burdette\, the Deputy Chair of the Africa Study Group. With a Ph D in the Political Science from Columbia University (New York\, 1979)\, Ma rcia Burdette pursued an academic career followed by 25 years with Canadia n Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She has a longstanding interest in Africa\ , in particular central southern Africa. Her book Zambia: Between Two Worlds and a series of articles focused on the major economic transiti on of the country when its new leaders embarked on the nationalization of the copper industry\, the country’s main economic engine. Subsequent artic les dealt with input industries for Zimbabwe’s agriculture sector in the 1 980s and 1990s. | \n|
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Mardi 17 octobre 2023 de 12h00 à 13h30 (H.E.) / 18h00-19h30 (Johannesburg et Maputo)
\nCette session se déroulera en format h ybride.
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\nLes mercenaires ont une lon gue histoire peu glorieuse en Afrique. Aujourd’hui\, le groupe Wagner a a ttiré l’attention du public en raison de son parrainage manifeste par la R ussie et de sa stratégie consistant à associer les déploiements militaires à des avantages commerciaux. Sa présence militaire\, économique et polit ique variée en Afrique comprend notamment la Libye\, le Mali\, le Burkina Faso\, le Soudan\, la Guinée équatoriale\, la République centrafricaine\, le Kenya\, la République démocratique du Congo\, le Mozambique\, Madagasca r et le Zimbabwe. Le récent décès apparent de son fondateur et dirigeant\, Evgeniy Prigozhin\, a suscité des interrogations quant à l’avenir du grou pe en Afrique. Les panélistes d’aujourd’hui aborderont l’histoire et sans doute l’avenir du groupe sous différents angles.
\nPanéliste s :
\n| Douglas Scott Proudfoot a rejoint le ministère des Affaires étrangères en 1987. Au siège\, il a été directeur de la Task Force Afghanistan de 2006 à 2007 et de la Task Force Soudan de 2007 à 2011. À l’étranger\, il a été en poste à Nairobi de 1988 à 1991\, à New Delhi de 1995 à 1998\, à Vienne de 2002 à 2006\, à Londres de 2011 à 2016 et à Ramallah de 2016 à 2019 en tant que représentant du Ca nada auprès de l’Autorité palestinienne. Plus récemment\, il a été ambassa deur au Sud-Soudan en 2019-2020 et\, avant de quitter le service extérieur canadien en 2022\, il a été chef de mission temporaire à Bamako en 2021. Il est titulaire d’une licence en philosophie de l’Université de Toronto e t d’une maîtrise en histoire de la Renaissance de l’Université McGill. | \n|
| Leigh Sarty est professeur adjoint à l’Institu t d’études européennes\, russes et eurasiennes et maître de conférences à la Norman Paterson School of International Affairs de I’Université Carleto n. Il est également Senior Fellow au Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary History de l’Université de Toronto. Au cours de sa carrière à Affaires mo ndiales Canada\, il a occupé des postes à l’ambassade du Canada à Moscou ( 1996-1999 \; 2012-2016) et à Pékin\, où il a dirigé la section politique d e 2003 à 2007. Il a été directeur général pour l’Europe (2016-2018) avant d’occuper le poste de chercheur en résidence d’Affaires mondiales jusqu’à sa retraite en 2021. Il est titulaire d’une maîtrise de l’Université Car leton (études soviétiques 1985) et d’un doctorat en sciences politiques (1 991) de l’Université Columbia. | \n|
| Borges Nhamirre est cons ultant pour le programme de développement bilatéral canadien au Mozambique . Journaliste et chercheur\, il a plus de 15 ans d’expérience dans le doma ine de la politique et de la gouvernance au Mozambique. Borges est titulai re d’un diplôme en relations internationales et diplomatie de l’Institut s upérieur des relations internationales de Maputo\, d’un diplôme en droit d e la faculté de droit de l’université Eduardo Mondlane de Maputo et d’une maîtrise en études de sécurité de l’université Joaquim Chissano de Maputo. Il a récemment travaillé comme consultant en recherche à l’Institut d’étu des de sécurité de Pretoria\, comme correspondant du Mozambique à Bloomber g News et comme chercheur en gouvernance au Centre pour l’intégrité publiq ue\, un groupe de réflexion basé à Maputo. | \n|
| Geoff York\, personne ressource pour la table ronde : Après une carrière de 13 ans dans des bure aux et des battoirs au Canada\, il travaille depuis 1994 dans des bureaux à l’étranger\, d’abord à Moscou (1994 à 2002)\, puis à Pékin (2002 à 2008) et enfin à Johannesburg (2009 à aujourd’hui). Il a été récompensé pour se s reportages d’investigation et pour sa couverture des questions autochton es au Canada et à l’étranger. Il a couvert les guerres en Afghanistan\, e n Irak\, en Tchétchénie\, en Somalie\, en République démocratique du Congo et ailleurs. Il a écrit ou coécrit trois livres : The Dispossessed (sur l es questions autochtones au Canada) \; People of the Pines (sur la crise d ’Oka) \; et The High Price of Health (sur la politique médicale au Canada) . Il a reçu plusieurs prix journalistiques\, dont un National Magazine Awa rd et deux National Newspaper Awards. | \n|
| La table ronde sera modérée par Marcia Burdette\, présidente ad jointe du Groupe de réflexion sur l’Afrique. Titulaire d’un doctorat en s ciences politiques de l’université de Columbia (New York\, 1979)\, Marcia Burdette a poursuivi une carrière universitaire suivie de 25 ans au minist ère canadien des affaires étrangères. Elle s’intéresse depuis longtemps à l’Afrique\, en particulier à l’Afrique centrale et australe. Son livre Z ambia : Between Two Worlds et une série d’articles ont porté sur la transi tion économique majeure du pays lorsque ses nouveaux dirigeants ont entrep ris la nationalisation de l’industrie du cuivre\, le principal moteur écon omique du pays. Des articles ultérieurs ont traité des industries d’intran ts pour le secteur agricole du Zimbabwe dans les années 1980 et 1990. | \n|
Tuesday\, November 14\,
2023\, from noon to 1:30 p.m.
\nThe Africa Study Gr
oup (ASG) and the Institute for African Studies present:
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The planet-wide nature of the devastating consequences of c limate change is now recognized worldwide. On the eve of the Climate Confe rence of the Parties (COP 28)\, to be held from Nov. 30 to Dec. 12\, 2023 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)\, African and many other countries have therefore been pushing for greater solidarity on the world stage.
\nAt COP 28\, for the first time\, an oil and gas producer will host the glo bal climate summit. This is both powerful and controversial. According to many experts\, it could be anticipated that this Summit will be about inve stment and action\, unlike the previous two COP events in Egypt and in the UK.
\nThis Webinar will discuss practical progress and prospects fo r African governments and other key stakeholders to agree on policies to l imit global temperature rises and adapt to impacts caused by climate chang e and variability.
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| \nEphraim Mwepya Shitima is the Dire ctor of the newly created Department of Green Economy and Climate Change i n the Ministry of Green Economy and Environment in Zambia. He is also Zamb ia’s National Focal Point under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)\, where he also serves as the Chair of the Africa n Group of negotiators on climate change for 2022 to 2023. Prior to that\, he has also served as Zambia’s Focal point under the Convention on Biolog ical Diversity (CBD) as well as the Intergovernmental Panel on Change IPCC . Ephraim is an expert on climate change policy and practice with experien ce spanning over fifteen years in both policy formulation\, implementation as well as climate change negotiations under the multilateral UNFCCC nego tiation process. He has worked for the Zambian Government on environmental issues for over 18 years with short breaks on a secondment to Climate Cha nge Facilitation Unit (CCFU) 2009 -2012 supported by UNDP and also Coordin ating the Africa Regional Climate Change Adaptation Initiative (AAI) for t he World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) by promoting mainstreaming climate chan ge adaptation in conservation plans for seven countries in Eastern and Sou thern Africa from 2013-2014. | \n|
| Anja Berretta is Head of t he Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Regional Programme Energy Security and C limate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa in Nairobi\, Kenya. In this position\, she is responsible for the realization of activities around the nexus of energy security and climate change in all Sub-Saharan countries. Ms. Berre tta emphasizes the need for long term adaptation and mitigation strategies throughout all of KAS activities and is increasingly working with politic al stakeholders to create an enabling environment for low carbon developme nt. Prior to this position\, she worked as an evaluation and monitoring ad visor at KAS Germany and as an evaluation and learning manager at the West minster Foundation for Democracy in the UK. She holds a Master Degree in E uropean Studies and International Relations as well as a Certificate in A dvanced Studies in Development and Cooperation from ETH Zürich. Ms. Berret ta has a strong interest in the impact and sustainability of development c ooperation. She has been working in Africa and on African issues for more than 10 years. | \n||
| Emmanuel Seck is Executive Director of ENDA Energie member of the Environment and Development TM network. He is a Board Member of the Global Network for Disaster Reduction where he serve s as a Regional Representative of West and Central Africa. Mr. Seck is mem ber of the ASEG of the UNFCCC WIM Excom and the SOEs (Slow onset Events) E xpert Group. His areas of expertise include Climate Change adaptation\, cl imate finance\, loss and damage\, sustainable land management and energy p lanning. He has been engaged at the national\, regional\, and internationa l levels in the intergovernmental processes of the United Nations Framewor k Convention on Climate Change\, the United Nations Convention to Combat D esertification and the Sendai Framework. Mr. Seck is a Lead fellow Cohorte 10 on Environment and Sustainable Development\, a former member of the Boa rd of Directors of Climate Action Network International (CAN International ) and former Chair of the UNCCD CSO International Panel. | \n||
| \n Kathryn Bakos: As Managing Director \, Climate Finance and Resilience\, Kathryn’s work is driving novel insigh ts at the intersection of climate change and finance. Kathryn’s work incl udes pioneering research to quantify the impact of flooding on Canada’s re sidential real estate sector and mortgage markets and developing innovativ e frameworks to mitigate risk and embed climate preparedness into decision -making for investors. Kathryn’s work has had national and international influence\, informing all levels of government\, regulators\, supervisors\ , investors\, financial institutions\, communities\, and homeowners on how to adapt more effectively to a changing climate. Kathryn’s international efforts focus on regions like Sub-Saharan Africa\, Southeast Asia\, and So uth America. Kathryn holds an Honours Bachelor of Science from the Univers ity of Toronto and Master of Environment and Business degree from the Univ ersity of Waterloo. Kathryn also holds the Canadian Securities Course cert ification. In her previous role with an affiliate of Raymond James Financ ial\, Kathryn integrated Environmental\, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) factors into investment portfolios\, led business analysis\, and dev eloped advisory and client platforms across Canada and the United States. Ted Talk speaker and 2023 recipient of Clean50’s Emerging Leader award\, K athryn is a member of the Canadian General Standards Board\, CAN 9700-700 Managing Environmental\, Social and Governance (ESG) Criteria\, ISO 331 Bi odiversity Mirror Committee\, Ontario Biodiversity Council\, Canadian Asso ciation of Farm Advisors and more. \n | \n||
| Moderator: Prof Mike Beale\, former Assistant Deputy Mini ster (ADM) for Environmental Protection at Environment and Climate Change Canada. He retired from the Public Service in 2018\, after a 37 year caree r working on environment and energy policy. In his functions as Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) for Environmental Protection at Environment and Clim ate Change Canada\, he was responsible for developing and administering re gulations in the areas of climate change\, air pollution\, water pollution and chemicals management. In addition\, from 2013 to 2016 Mike was the AD M responsible for the Canadian Wildlife Service. Regulations developed dur ing Mike’s tenure as ADM\, which began in 2009\, include those on coal-fir ed electricity\, renewable fuels\, air pollution from equipment\, vehicle emissions\, methane emissions from oil and gas\, mining sector effluent\, and the prohibition of asbestos\, as well as emergency protection Orders u nder the Species at Risk Act. Mike began his career in government at what was then Energy\, Mines and Resources Canada in 1981\, and joined Environm ent Canada in 1989. He is an economist by training\, and spent the first p art of his career working on the economic dimensions of environment and en ergy policy\, before moving to the regulatory world in 2005. In October 20 18\, Mike joined Carleton University’s School of Public Policy and Adminis tration as Adjunct Professor | \n||
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\nMardi 14 novembre 2023\, de 12 h à 13 h 30
\nLe Groupe de réflexion sur l’Afrique (ASG) et l’Instit
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\nVers la COP 28
: Avancées et perspectives mondiales pour le changement
climatique
Le caractère planétaire des conséquences déva statrices du changement climatique est désormais reconnu au plan mondial. À la veille de la Conférence des parties sur le climat (COP 28)\, qui se t iendra du 30 novembre au 12 décembre 2023 aux Émirats Arabes Unis (EAU)\, les pays africains et de nombreux autres pays font donc pression pour une plus grande solidarité sur la scène mondiale.
\nLors de la COP 28\, pour la première fois\, un producteur de pétrole et de gaz accueillera le sommet mondial sur le climat. Cette initiative est à la fois puissante et controversée. Selon de nombreux experts\, on peut s’attendre à ce que ce s ommet soit axé sur l’investissement et l’action\, contrairement aux deux C OP précédentes qui se sont tenues en Égypte et au Royaume-Uni.
\nCe webinaire examinera les progrès pratiques et les perspectives pour les gou vernements africains et d’autres parties prenantes essentielles de se mett re d’accord sur des politiques visant à limiter la hausse des températures mondiales et à s’adapter aux impacts causés par le changement et la varia bilité climatiques
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| \nEphraim Mwepya Shitima est le dir ecteur du nouveau département de l’économie verte et du changement climati que au sein du ministère de l’économie verte et de l’environnement en Zamb ie. Il est également le point focal national de la Zambie dans le cadre de la Convention-cadre des Nations unies sur les changements climatiques (CC NUCC)\, où il préside le groupe africain de négociateurs sur le changement climatique pour la période 2022-2023. Avant cela\, il a également été le point focal de la Zambie pour la Convention sur la diversité biologique (C DB) et le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat ( GIEC). Ephraim est un expert en matière de politique et de pratique du cha ngement climatique\, avec une expérience de plus de quinze ans dans la for mulation et la mise en œuvre de politiques\, ainsi que dans les négociatio ns sur le changement climatique dans le cadre du processus multilatéral de négociation de la CCNUCC. Il a travaillé pour le gouvernement zambien sur des questions environnementales pendant plus de 18 ans\, avec de brèves i nterruptions lors d’un détachement auprès de l’Unité de facilitation du ch angement climatique (CCFU) de 2009 à 2012\, avec le soutien du PNUD. Il a également coordonné l’Initiative régionale africaine d’adaptation au chang ement climatique (AAI) pour la World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) en promouva nt l’intégration de l’adaptation au changement climatique dans les plans d e conservation pour sept pays d’Afrique de l’Est et d’Afrique australe\, d e 2013 à 2014. | \n|
| Anja Berretta dirige le programme région al de la Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) sur la sécurité énergétique et le changement climatique en Afrique subsaharienne à Nairobi\, au Kenya. À ce titre\, elle est responsable de la réalisation d’activités relatives au li en entre la sécurité énergétique et le changement climatique dans tous les pays d’Afrique subsaharienne. Mme Berretta insiste sur la nécessité de st ratégies d’adaptation et d’atténuation à long terme dans toutes les activi tés de la KAS et collabore de plus en plus avec les acteurs politiques pou r créer un environnement propice à un développement à faible émission de c arbone. Avant d’occuper ce poste\, elle a travaillé comme conseillère en é valuation et en suivi à la KAS Allemagne et comme responsable de l’évaluat ion et de l’apprentissage à la Westminster Foundation for Democracy au Roy aume-Uni. Elle est titulaire d’un master en études européennes et en relat ions internationales\, ainsi que d’un certificat d’études avancées en déve loppement et coopération de l’ETH Zürich. Mme Berretta s’intéresse beaucou p à l’impact et à la durabilité de la coopération au développement. Elle t ravaille en Afrique et sur les questions africaines depuis plus de 10 ans. | \n||
| Emmanuel Seck est directeur exécutif d’ENDA Energie\ , membre du réseau Environnement et Développement TM. Il est membre du con seil d’administration du Réseau mondial pour la prévention des catastrophe s\, où il est représentant régional pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest et l’Afrique centrale. M. Seck est membre de l’ASEG de l’UNFCCC WIM Excom et du groupe d’experts SOEs (Slow onset Events). Ses domaines d’expertise comprennent l’adaptation au changement climatique\, le financement climatique\, les pe rtes et dommages\, la gestion durable des terres et la planification énerg étique. Il a participé aux niveaux national\, régional et international au x processus intergouvernementaux de la Convention-cadre des Nations unies sur les changements climatiques\, de la Convention des Nations unies sur l a lutte contre la désertification et du Cadre de Sendai. M. Seck est l’un des principaux membres de la Cohorte 10 sur l’environnement et le développ ement durable\, ancien membre du conseil d’administration de Climate Actio n Network International (CAN International) et ancien président du groupe international des organisations de la société civile de la Convention des Nations unies sur la lutte contre la désertification. | \n||
| Kathryn Bakos est directrice du département “Climate Finance and Science” de l’Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation de l’université de Waterloo au Canada. En ta nt que directrice de Climate Finance and Science\, Kathryn évalue l’impact du changement climatique sur des secteurs industriels spécifiques et sur les marchés financiers au sens large. Elle élabore des orientations pour a ider les professionnels de l’investissement à intégrer les risques liés au changement climatique et aux conditions météorologiques extrêmes dans l’a nalyse prospective des portefeuilles afin de minimiser les risques associé s. Par extension\, ses recherches inciteront les entreprises à s’adapter a u changement climatique afin de minimiser les risques et l’exposition. Kat hryn est titulaire d’une licence en sciences biologiques de l’Université d e Toronto\, avec spécialisation en sciences de l’environnement\, et elle e st candidate au programme de maîtrise en environnement et affaires de l’Un iversité de Waterloo. Dans ses fonctions précédentes\, Kathryn a travaillé pour une société affiliée à Raymond James Financial\, où elle a acquis un e solide compréhension des principes et pratiques financiers. Tout en obte nant la certification du Cours sur le commerce des valeurs mobilières au C anada\, Kathryn a lancé et développé un cadre pour l’intégration des facte urs environnementaux\, sociaux et de gouvernance d’entreprise (ESG) dans l es portefeuilles d’investissement. Elle a également dirigé l’analyse comme rciale et le développement de plates-formes de conseil et de clientèle au Canada et aux États-Unis. Kathryn a également passé plusieurs années dans le secteur de l’assurance au Canada. Kathryn s’adresse fréquemment à des p ublics professionnels et elle est invitée à donner des cours à des étudian ts de troisième cycle dans diverses universités. Kathryn est membre du Con seil de la biodiversité de l’Ontario et de l’Association canadienne des co nseillers agricoles\, et elle est certifiée en plongée sous-marine. | \n||
| Modérateur: Prof Mike Beale\, anc ien sous-ministre adjoint (SMA) pour la protection de l’environnement à En vironnement et Changement climatique Canada. Il a pris sa retraite de la f onction publique en 2018\, après une carrière de 37 ans dans le domaine de l’environnement et de l’énergie. Dans le cadre de ses fonctions de sous-m inistre adjoint (SMA) pour la protection de l’environnement à Environnemen t et Changement climatique Canada\, il était responsable de l’élaboration et de l’administration des règlements dans les domaines du changement clim atique\, de la pollution de l’air\, de la pollution de l’eau et de la gest ion des produits chimiques. En outre\, de 2013 à 2016\, Mike a été le SMA responsable du Service canadien de la faune. Les règlements élaborés penda nt le mandat de Mike en tant que SMA\, qui a débuté en 2009\, comprennent ceux sur l’électricité produite à partir du charbon\, les carburants renou velables\, la pollution atmosphérique provenant des équipements\, les émis sions des véhicules\, les émissions de méthane provenant du pétrole et du gaz\, les effluents du secteur minier et l’interdiction de l’amiante\, ain si que les ordonnances de protection d’urgence en vertu de la Loi sur les espèces en péril. Mike a commencé sa carrière dans l’administration publiq ue en 1981\, à ce qui était alors Énergie\, Mines et Ressources Canada\, e t a rejoint Environnement Canada en 1989. Économiste de formation\, il a p assé la première partie de sa carrière à travailler sur les dimensions éco nomiques des politiques environnementales et énergétiques\, avant de passe r au monde de la réglementation en 2005. En octobre 2018\, Mike a rejoint l’École d’administration et de politique publique de l’Université Carleton en tant que professeur adjoint. | \n||
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The Afro-Atlantic Community: Perspectives\, geopolitical str ucture and international implications / La Communauté afro-atlantique: Per spectives\, structure géopolitique et portée internationale
\nA pres entation by / Une présentation de: Prof. Mohammed Zakaria ABOUDDAHAB
\nUniversité Mohammed V de Rabat\, Faculté des Sciences juridiques\, écon omiques et sociales de Rabat-Agdal
\nGuest of Honour / Invité d’honn eur: Son Excellence Mme Souriya OTMANI Ambassadeur Royaume du Maroc.
\nModerator/ Modérateur : Dr. Cheickh Tidyane Bangoura\,
\nPrésident
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This session will be simultaneously interpreted in FR-EN-FR / Ce tte session sera interprétée simultanément en FR-EN-FR
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DTSTART;TZID=Atlantic/Azores:20240125T180000 DTEND;TZID=Atlantic/Azores:20240125T193000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The Afro-Atlantic Community: Perspectives\, geopolitical structure and international implications URL:https://africastudygroup.ca/event/the-afro-atlantic-community-perspecti ves-geopolitical-structure-and-international-implications/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-6527@africastudygroup.ca DTSTAMP:20260517T111136Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-CA:ASG Events\,Upcoming events CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:
Among the other conflicts attracting the world’s attention\, the complex nature of the ongoing civil war in Sudan is too often overlooked. News reports on Sudan tend to focus on the ongoing civil war and its terrible consequence s for many of its citizens: deteriorating humanitarian conditions\, increa sing food insecurity\, attacks on civilian infrastructure (including schoo ls and hospitals) and the worsening health situation in the country\, the internal displacement of civilians in Sudan’s 18 states and the influx of refugees into Sudan’s neighboring states. The courageous struggle of the S udanese people and the regional and international prospects and efforts un derway to resolve the crisis\, the fruit of a long history of conflict and repression in Sudan\, however\, are often overlooked.
\nThis Roundt able focuses on the elements that could help restore peace to Sudan\, addr ess the humanitarian emergency\, and pave the way for a better life for it s people.
\nSpeakers
\nDouglas Proudfoot\, retired former Cana dian ambassador to South Sudan and head of mission in Mali. 2007-11 Chair of Canada’s interdepartmental Sudan Task Force.
\nKhalid Mustafa Med ani\, Associate Professor Political Science\, Director of the Institute of Islamic Studies and Chair of the African Studies Program\, McGill Univers ity\, Montreal\, Canada
\nMahgoub Khair is an independent consultant who has worked for the Council of Ministers and at local government in Su dan and as a researcher for the Canadian government.
\nModerator: Dr . Marcia Burdette\, ASG Vice-Chair\, former Canadian diplomat in Africa
\nRegister / S’inscrire: https ://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zWRMuwLlQg6hmIeUpPd03w.
DTSTART;TZID=Atlantic/Azores:20240314T010000 DTEND;TZID=Atlantic/Azores:20240314T023000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Restoring Peace in Sudan URL:https://africastudygroup.ca/event/the-afro-atlantic-community-perspecti ves-geopolitical-structure-and-international-implications-2/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://i2.wp.com/africastudygroup.ca/wp-content /uploads/2024/03/sudan-web-asg1.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1\;150\;150\;1\,m edium\;https://i2.wp.com/africastudygroup.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/su dan-web-asg1.png?fit=212%2C300&ssl=1\;212\;300\;1\,large\;https://i2.wp.co m/africastudygroup.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/sudan-web-asg1.png?fit=72 4%2C1024&ssl=1\;724\;1024\;1\,full\;https://i2.wp.com/africastudygroup.ca/ wp-content/uploads/2024/03/sudan-web-asg1.png?fit=1587%2C2245&ssl=1\;1587\ ;2245\; END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-7218@africastudygroup.ca DTSTAMP:20260517T111136Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-CA:ASG Events\,Upcoming events CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Insights into Niger’s contemporary political history: An arm chair conversation with Seidik Abba
\nSeidik Abba est un journaliste et un commentateur hautement respecté sur l’Afrique\, en particulier l’Af rique de l’Ouest\, et ce depuis l’époque où il était rédacteur en chef de Jeune Afrique. Dans son ouvrage récent\, Crise interne au conseil militair e suprême du Niger\, il se concentre sur les coups d’État militaires au Ni ger de 1974 à 2023 et replace les événements dans le contexte de l’histoir e politique contemporaine.
\nLa discussion informelle avec Louise Ou imet (ancienne ambassadrice du Canada au Mali et au Burkina Faso) offre à M. Seidik l’occasion d’aborder de nombreuses questions d’actualité concern ant l’Afrique de l’Ouest.
\nUniversitaire et journaliste\, Seidik Ab
ba est le Président du Centre international de réflexions et d’études sur
le Sahel (CIRES) et chercheur associé au Groupe interdisciplinaire en hist
oire de l’Afrique (GIRHA) de l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM).
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\nSeidik Abba is a highly respected journalist and commentator
on Africa\, particularly West Africa\, from his days as editor-in-chief o
f Jeune Afrique. In this recent book\, he focuses on the military coups in
Niger from 1974 to 2023\, placing the events in the context of contempora
ry political history.
The informal discussion with Louise Ouimet ( former Canadian ambassador to Mali and Burkina Faso) provides Mr. Seidik w ith the opportunity to address a number of topical issues concerning West Africa.
\nAn academic and journalist\, Seidik Abba is President of t he Centre international de réflexions et d’études sur le Sahel (CIRES) and a research associate at the Groupe interdisciplinaire en histoire de l’Af rique (GIRHA) at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM).
\nRegister / S’inscrire: https://us02web. zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ARJzySZ_QDGohD4uDBXYrQ.
DTSTART;TZID=Atlantic/Azores:20240417T160000 DTEND;TZID=Atlantic/Azores:20240417T170000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Insights into Niger’s contemporary political history: An armchair c onversation with Seidik Abba URL:https://africastudygroup.ca/event/insights-into-nigers-contemporary-pol itical-history-an-armchair-conversation-with-seidik-abba/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-4816@africastudygroup.ca DTSTAMP:20260517T111136Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-CA:ASG Events\,Upcoming events CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:SPECIAL INVITATION to t
he Africa Study Group conference on:
\nThe Importanc
e and Role of the Canadian African Diaspora in Trade and Foreign Policy
\nL’importance et le rôle de la diaspora africaine canadienne en matièr
e de commerce international et de politique étrangère
5 Octobe r 2024\, 12:15 to 4:15 pm EST
\nHYBRID EVENT
\nIn-person: Multidisciplinary Room\, Saint Paul
University\, 223 Main Street\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K1S 1C4
\n
Online Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_N9h_-MdsSU6oUV
9b4jNcYQ.
DESCRIPTION
\nCanada shares strong people-to-people ties with Africa. Never have African Cana dians and their descendants been so numerous. Over 20 years\, the Canadia n African Diaspora has more than tripled\, from 300\,000 in 2000 to 1.3 mi llion in 2021. Those numbers are expected to grow substantially in the co ming decades with the continent becoming one of the main sources of immigr ation to Canada. Yet the Canadian African diaspora continues to be virtual ly absent from a dialogue to strengthen the Canada-African relationships.< /p>\n
The Africa Study Group (ASG) is organizing a hybrid conference ent itled “The Importance and Role of the African Canadian Diaspora in Trade and Foreign Policy” on October 5\, 2024. The venue for in -person attendance is Saint Paul University in Ottawa but participation is also possible online.
\nThis conference aims to highlight the impor tance of the African-Canadian Diaspora in strengthening Canada’s trade and foreign policy relations with African countries. It will particularly emp hasize how this diaspora can play a legitimate role in this domain.
\n< p>SPEAKERS\nHonorable Robert Oliphant\, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
\n<
strong>Cherryl Urban\, Assistant Deputy Minister for Sub-Sarahran
Africa\, Global Affairs Canada
\nWisdom Tettey\, Pr
of.\, in-coming Carleton University’s 17th President and Vice-Chancellor\nYaovi Bouka\, President\, Force Leadership Africain
\, Montreal
\nThomas Tieku\, Prof.\, King’s Universi
ty College at the University of WesternOntario
\nEdward Akuff
o\, Prof.\, Head\, Political Science Department\, Univeristy of t
he Fraser Valley\, British Columbia
\nTemplar Kalundu Iga\, Managing Partner at Preponderant / Senior Fellow\, Munk School of
Global Affairs & Public Policy\, Toronto
\nElise Legault\, Canada Director\, ONE\, Toronto
\nGermaine Basita\, Co-chair\, Canada for Africa Group
\nSusan Namulindwa<
/strong>\, Executive Director\, Africa Trade Desk\, Ottawa
This ev ent will be moderated by Dr. Cheickh Tidjane Bangoura\, P resident of the Africa Study Group
DTSTART;TZID=Atlantic/Azores:20241005T121500 DTEND;TZID=Atlantic/Azores:20241005T151500 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Importance and Role of the Canadian African Diaspora in Trade and F oreign Policy URL:https://africastudygroup.ca/event/stay-tuned-for-upcoming-events/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://i0.wp.com/africastudygroup.ca/wp-content /uploads/2024/09/Canadian-African-Diaspora.jpg?resize=669%2C947&ssl=1\;669 \;947\,medium\;https://i0.wp.com/africastudygroup.ca/wp-content/uploads/20 24/09/Canadian-African-Diaspora.jpg?resize=669%2C947&ssl=1\;669\;947\,larg e\;https://i0.wp.com/africastudygroup.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Canadi an-African-Diaspora.jpg?resize=669%2C947&ssl=1\;669\;947\,full\;https://i0 .wp.com/africastudygroup.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Canadian-African-Di aspora.jpg?resize=669%2C947&ssl=1\;669\;947 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-11343@africastudygroup.ca DTSTAMP:20260517T111136Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-CA:ASG Events\,Upcoming events CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, November 28\
, 2024 from 11:30 am to 01:00 pm (ET)
\nThe Africa S
tudy Group (ASG) presents a round-table on
This is a Hybrid event. You can attend in-per son at Carleton University\, Norman Paterson School of International Affai rs (NPSIA)\, Richcraft Hall 5320 D
\nIf you wish to join us online you can register through the following ZOOM link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_seM qMR3VTmKj5rN7knZtHQ.
\nThis session on “Land and Relate d Issues in Africa” will focus on land and land rights as cross-cutting or preconditions to: (i) enable inclusive rural economic growth\; (ii) foste r household and community asset formation\; (iii) improve natural resource management practices\; (iv) strengthen community-based agency\; and (v) s hape the nature of food production and household livelihood systems.
\nThe speakers will shed light on the many issues surrounding land claims \, in particular the complex system of Inter-locking rights and interests relating to access to and ownership of land giving particular attention to access\, inheritance and ownership by women.
\nPANELISTS
\nEva Maria Anyango Okoth is currently the A frica Regional Coordinator\, based in Nairobi\, of the International Land Coalition. She has extensive experience in environmental rights\, climate justice\, and land rights\, having worked with grassroots communities imp acted by large-scale projects in Africa as well as supporting networks of people’s organizations to advocate for people centered land governance. In her current role\, she leads regional programs and operations\, offering technical support to national and regional member-led platforms. She also oversees and co-ordinates the work of ILC Africa’s Regional Co-ordination Unit. Eva Maria is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and holds a Mast er of Laws in Public International Law.
\nDr. Mwenda Makathi mo is the Executive Director of Land Development and Governance I nstitute\, based in Nairobi. He has wide experience in practice and resear ch on issues relating to land and environment policy development\, land ma nagement and administration\, governance\, assets and property valuation\, real estate management\, boundary delimitation and mapping. He is a Regis tered and Licensed Valuer\, holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Land Econom ics\, a Master of Arts in Valuation and Property Management and a Doctorat e in Environmental Policy from the University of Nairobi. He has also unde rtaken an executive training on Extractive Industries and Sustainable Deve lopment at the Columbia University. He is a past Chairman of the Instituti on of Surveyors of Kenya and was also a Commissioner of the Interim Indepe ndent Boundaries Review Commission.He has served as a member of the Nairob i City Valuation Court\, an External Examiner at the University of Nairobi \, School of the Built Environment\, Department of Real Estate and Senior Lecturer Mount Kenya University\, School of Engineering\, Energy and the B uilt Environment. He has served as a member of the steering committee that drafted the Sessional Paper No. 3 of 2009 on Kenya’s National Land Policy \; taskforce member in developing the National Land Commission Rules and R egulations under the National Land Commission Act 2012 and\; in the develo pment of land policy guidelines for Africa as part of an African Union and African Development Bank initiative.
\nOgochukwu Udenigwe is a global health researcher and Postdoctoral Fellow at the Schoo l of Public Health\, University of Sydney\, Australia. She completed a PhD in International Development and Global Studies at the University of Otta wa\, Canada. Her research focuses on maternal health inequities\, gender a nd inclusion\, knowledge use\, and health policy. She is a guest editor fo r the journal Reproductive Health on the topic of Enhancing equity through digital technologies for sexual and reproductive health in low and middle -income countries. She coauthored the paper entitled ‘Does the Canadian go vernment support women’s rights to land in sub-Saharan Africa?”.
\n< strong>MODERATOR
\nBruce H. Moore is a civ il society activist\, former United Nations Diplomat and NGO Executive Dir ector. Most recently\, he served on the Boards of Transparency Internatio nal Canada\; the Institute for Global Food Security at McGill University\; Canadians for Tax Fairness\, the Forum for Democratic Global Governance a nd the Huairou Commission\, an international alliance of grassroots women’ s organizations. He was the first Director of the Rome-based Internationa l Land Coalition from 1998-2008\, a global alliance of civil society\, UN and intergovernmental organisations working to enable poor rural families to gain their land and resource rights. Earlier he was the Executive Dire ctor of Partners in Rural Development\, a Canadian NGO supporting farmer a nd rural peoples’ organizations. He has chaired the NGO Advisory Committee to the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development\; c haired policy dialogues at the UN Commission on Sustainable Development\; and served on the Commission on the Legal Empowerment of the Poor.
DTSTART;TZID=Atlantic/Azores:20241128T113000 DTEND;TZID=Atlantic/Azores:20241128T130000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The Central Role of Land in Africa’s Future URL:https://africastudygroup.ca/event/11343/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-11500@africastudygroup.ca DTSTAMP:20260517T111136Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-CA:ASG Events\,Upcoming events CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:South Africa’s current Po litical Reality: The Government of National Unity (GNU) Today
\nJoin us for an insightful discussion on th e current state of South African politics!
\nSince the historic election of April 1994\, when the African National Congress (ANC) rose to power under Nelson Mandela’s charismatic leadership \, much has changed. In the recent May 2024 election\, the ANC did not sec ure a majority for the first time. This led to the leaders of the ANC and the Democratic Alliance (DA) choosing a groundbreaking power-sharing agree ment. By forming the Government of National Unity (GNU)\, the leaders hope d it would provide a more flexible form of governance than a formal coalit ion and allow for independent political identities.
\nIn an informal\, armchair-style conversation\, our speakers w ill delve into how this unique political arrangement is shaping the nation ’s future\, giving you a deeper understanding of South Africa’s evolving p olitical landscape.
\nDate: December 12th\, 2024 / Time: 12pm – 1:30pm
Speakers:
\nDr. David J
Hornsby
\nProfessor of International Affairs at the Norman
Paterson School of International Affairs and Vice-Provost and Associate Vi
ce-President (Academic)\, Carleton University. Previously\,
David was based the University of the Witwatersrand ( Wits)\, Johannesburg\, South Africa where he was an Associate Professor of International Relations and the Assistant Dean of Humanities\, Teaching a nd Learning.
\nDavid’s research interests pertain to Canadian foreign policy in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Africa n foreign policy.
\nDr. Oscar van Heerden\nA scholar of International Relations (IR)\, where he focuse
s on International Political Economy\, with an emphasis on Africa\, SADC i
n particular. He completed his PhD & Masters studies at the University of
Cambridge (UK) from 2006-2010.
He completed a post-doctoral fellow ship at the University of Johannesburg under the NRF chair for Internation al Relations and African Diplomacy (Prof Chris Landsberg). He entered acti ve politics in 1985 as a student & youth activist. He Is an avid writer an d analyst of contemporary politics in South Africa. He has served in nume rous political capacities in the ANC and other Mass Democratic Movement or ganisations.
\nHe continues to speak truth to power through his ongo ing “Daily Maverick” opinion pieces to this day. His work experience over the last 2 decades has been in Strategic Management at the ANC Headquarter s in the late 1990s\, the South African Qualifications Authority in 2000s\ , the Executive Manager in the City of Johannesburg in the Executive Mayor ’s office and also as an independent Management consultant in his own comp any\, Kelello Consulting working mostly but not exclusively with various g overnment departments. He has held academic/management positions at both t he University of Johannesburg and the University of Stellenbosch respectiv ely. He served as Deputy Vice Chancellor at the University of Fort Hare u ntil the end of 2022. He also worked in the capacity as Director Operatio ns at the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflections (MISTRA).
DTSTART;TZID=Atlantic/Azores:20241212T120000 DTEND;TZID=Atlantic/Azores:20241212T133000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:South Africa’s current Political Reality: The Government of Nationa l Unity (GNU) Today URL:https://africastudygroup.ca/event/south-africas-current-political-reali ty-the-government-of-national-unity-gnu-today/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-12504@africastudygroup.ca DTSTAMP:20260517T111136Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-CA:ASG Events\,Upcoming events CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:WEBINAR | The impact of terrorism issues on developm ent\, particularly on mining investments in the Sahel and Lake Chad region | Date: February 21\, 2024 / Time: 1 – 2 pm (ET)
\nREGISTRATION: https://us02web.zoom.us/web inar/register/WN_9IBo_2AjR76wU2k0t_cDuw
\nTête-à-tête with Seidik Abba\, Journalist and writ er\, President of the Centre international d’études et de réflexion sur le Sahel
\n
From UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’ s recent January 2025 remarks to the UN Security Council on the global evo lution and consequences of the nature of the terrorist threat and security crisis in Africa\, ”the epicenter of terrorism has shifted from the Middl e East and North Africa to sub-Saharan Africa\, concentrating primarily in the Sahel region”. This ASG session is designed to provide a better under standing of the origins of the current terrorist threat in the central Sah el and the Lake Chad basin\, the underlying reasons for its rapid spread w ithin Sahelian countries (Mali\, Niger\, Burkina Faso\, Mauritania\, Chad) \, and the risks of its extension to the Gulf of Guinea states (Côte d’Ivo ire\, Benin\, Ghana\, Togo). Dr. Seidik Abba outlines the multi-dimension al negative consequences on development\, particularly on mining investmen ts\, which account for a solid proportion of the BIP of these countries. He also explores the methods and circuits used by terrorist organizations to raise funds\, and the judicial limits to practices that evade conventio nal solutions in the fight against the financing of terrorism.
\nSeidik Abba is an academic and jo urnalist. President of the Centre international de réflexion et d’études s ur le Sahel (CIRES) and associate researcher at the Groupe interdisciplina ire en histoire de l’Afrique (GIRHA) at the Université du Québec à Montréa l (UQAM)\, he has published several books\, including: Voyages au Cœur de Boko Haram\, Enquête sur le djihad en Afrique subsaharienne (L’Harmattan\, 2019)\, Pour comprendre Boko Haram (L’Harmattan\, 2021) and Mali/Sahel: N otre Afghanistan à nous? (Impacts Éditions\, 2022. Seidik ABBA was editor- in-chief of the pan-African weekly Jeune-Afrique and Paris bureau chief of the Pan-African News Agency (PANAPRESS). A columnist and reporter for Le Monde Afrique\, he regularly comments on African news on several internati onal media\, including TV5 Monde\, France 24\, the BBC and The Voice of Am erica. Seidik also works on peace and security issues in the Sahel and Lak e Chad Basin.
\nMODERATOR: Dr Cheickh T. Bangoura\ , Former UN Director and Legal Advisor in Africa\, expert in peace\, security and i nternational cooperation\, President of the Africa Study Group
DTSTART;TZID=Atlantic/Azores:20250221T130000 DTEND;TZID=Atlantic/Azores:20250221T140000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The impact of terrorism issues on development\, particularly on min ing investments in the Sahel and Lake Chad region URL:https://africastudygroup.ca/event/the-impact-of-terrorism-issues-on-dev elopment-particularly-on-mining-investments-in-the-sahel-and-lake-chad-reg ion/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://i0.wp.com/africastudygroup.ca/wp-content /uploads/2025/02/sahel-asg-web.png?resize=1024%2C512&ssl=1\;1024\;512\,med ium\;https://i0.wp.com/africastudygroup.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/sahe l-asg-web.png?resize=1024%2C512&ssl=1\;1024\;512\,large\;https://i0.wp.com /africastudygroup.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/sahel-asg-web.png?resize=1 024%2C512&ssl=1\;1024\;512\,full\;https://i0.wp.com/africastudygroup.ca/wp -content/uploads/2025/02/sahel-asg-web.png?resize=1024%2C512&ssl=1\;1024\; 512 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-14036@africastudygroup.ca DTSTAMP:20260517T111136Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-CA:ASG Events\,Upcoming events CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Date: April 17\, 2025 / T ime: 12:30 – 2:30 PM | REGISTRATION: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/re gister/WN_PGtlqrxBQZW_1a998E45iw.
\n
Over the last half century\, the G7 ha
s served as an agenda-setting forum for leaders from the most prosperous c
ountries of the Global North. The G20 came into being in 1999 to draw toge
ther leaders from the Global North and Global South to deal with the most
pressing issues. In 2025\, Canada chairs the G7 and South Africa chairs th
e G20. What can we expect from leaders about Africa? What should they cons
ider for Africa?
Panelists
\nValeri e Percival is an Associate Professor and Associate Director of th e Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA) at Carleton Univ ersity. She served on The Lancet Commission on Peaceful Societies through Health and Gender Equality\, was a fellow with the Wilson Center\, and has worked for the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs\, the International Crisis Group\, and UNCHR.
\nJohn Kirton is directo r and founder of the Global Governance Program\, which includes the G7 Res earch Group\, the G20 Research Group\, the BRICS Research Group and the Gl obal Health Diplomacy Program\, based at the University of Toronto\, where he is a professor emeritus of political science\, having taught global su mmit governance and diplomacy and Canadian foreign policy.
\nChris W. J. Roberts is president of AfriCan Access Consulting\, an instructor in political science at the University of Calgary\, and a Fe llow with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. He was a founding directo r of the Canadian Council on Africa in 2002 and has been involved in Canad a-Africa business development and policy issues for three decades.
DTSTART;TZID=Atlantic/Azores:20250417T123000 DTEND;TZID=Atlantic/Azores:20250417T143000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The G7/G20 and Africa URL:https://africastudygroup.ca/event/the-g7-g20-and-africa/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://i1.wp.com/africastudygroup.ca/wp-content /uploads/2025/04/g7-asg-web-1.png?resize=500%2C250&ssl=1\;500\;250\,medium \;https://i1.wp.com/africastudygroup.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/g7-asg- web-1.png?resize=500%2C250&ssl=1\;500\;250\,large\;https://i1.wp.com/afric astudygroup.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/g7-asg-web-1.png?resize=500%2C25 0&ssl=1\;500\;250\,full\;https://i1.wp.com/africastudygroup.ca/wp-content/ uploads/2025/04/g7-asg-web-1.png?resize=500%2C250&ssl=1\;500\;250 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-15224@africastudygroup.ca DTSTAMP:20260517T111136Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-CA:ASG Events\,Upcoming events CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:HYBRID WEBINAR / WEBINAIR E HYBRIDE | 10 JUNE 2025\, 1:00 PM to 3 :00 PM\, ET
\nThe Africa Study Group\, in Partnership with the Norman Paterson
School of International Affairs of Carleton University and the Continental African Diaspora Scholars Network-Canada (CADSN-Canada)
presents: A Partnership for Shared Prosperity and Security: The Canada Afr
ica Strategy.
ONLINE ZOOM REGISTRATION: https: //us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WUPV0698Qn2Yp406pBtbeQ.
\nIN-PERSON: Carleton University\, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs\, Richcraf t Hall 5320 D
\nOn March 26th 2025\, Canada launched its first global Africa Strategy ai ming “…to strengthen its economic and national security\, including throug h diversifying its investments\, improving supply chain resiliency\, enhan cing peace\, security and human rights and contributing to efforts that ma intain transport routes for critical goods\, while promoting local benefit s in Africa. This new foreign policy represents a strengthening of Canada’ s engagement with Africa\, toward greater economic cooperation\, strengthe ned peace and security partnerships\, enhanced engagement of African diasp ora communities in Canada\, and international assistance that supports eco nomic development and youth employment”.
\nIn this context\, Canada will work with African partners across 5 strate gic areas\, that are aligned with the African Union’s “Agenda 2063” and in formed by numerous consultations with African\, Canadian\, and internation al stakeholders:
\nIn this hybrid Webinar\, informed speakers will joi ntly share their reflexion and perspectives on the first Canadian Africa.< /p>\n
Nadège Compaoré: Assistant Professor of Internati onal Relations at the University of Toronto. Her current research is conce rned with claims of sovereignty by states and communities affected by natu ral resource extraction in Africa. Nadège’s work lies at the intersection of International Relations theory\, African politics\, global resource/env ironmental politics\, as well as gender and race in global politics. She i s co-editor of New Approaches to the Governance of Natural Resources: Insights from Africa (Palgrave)\, and her work has been published in journals such as International Studies Review\, International Studies Perspectives\, Etudes Internationales\, Water International\, and in numerous book chapters. She received her Ph.D. in Political Studies from Q ueen’s University\, where her research on the global governance of oil rev enues was informed by fieldwork in Gabon\, Ghana\, and South Africa. Nadèg e is a board member of Women in International Security Canada and of the C anadian Association of African Studies.
\nEdward Ansah Akuff o: Associate Professor of Intern ational Relations\, and chair of the Department of Political Science at th e University of the Fraser Valley\, Abbotsford\, Canada. He is also the im mediate Past-President of International Studies Association\, Canada Branc h. Edward is an Adjunct Professor in Interdisciplinary Studies at the Uni versity of New Brunswick-Fredericton\, and a member of the University of W aterloo based Defense and Security Foresight Group. Edward’s research foc uses on Canada’s foreign and security policy in Africa\, African Union-NAT O interregional security cooperation\, and maritime security in Africa. Hi s work has appeared in several academic journals and edited books. He is t he author of Canadian Foreign Policy in Africa: Regional Approaches to Peace\, Security\, and Development(Ashgate/Routledge\, 2012).
\nMarcia Burdette: Former Canadian Diplomat\, Vice –Chair of the Africa Study Group\, Ottawa. With a PhD in the Political Science from Columbia University (New York\ , 1979)\, Marcia Burdette pursued an academic career followed by 25 years with Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She has a longstanding interes t in Africa\, in particular central and southern Africa. Her book Zamb ia: Between Two Worlds and a series of articles focused on the major e conomic transition of the country when its new leaders embarked on the nat ionalization of the copper industry\, the country’s main economic engine. Subsequent articles dealt with input industries for Zimbabwe’s agriculture sector in the 1980s and 1990s.
\nDavid Black: Professor of Political Science at Dalhousie University\, Lester B. Pear son Professor of International Development Studies\, Halifax. He has longstanding research interests concerning Can adian involvement in Sub-Saharan Africa\, including development cooperatio n\, human security and peace operations\, the extractive sector\, and mult ilateral diplomacy. Other research interests include: post-apartheid South African foreign policy\, particularly in Africa\; sport in global politic s and development\; and disability and global development. His publication s include: Canada and Africa in the New Millennium: The Politics of Consis tent Inconsistency (2015)\; Rethinking Canadian Aid (2016\, co-edited with Stephen Brown and Molly den Heyer)\; and South African Foreign Policy: Id entities\, Intentions\, and Directions (2016\, co-edited with David Hornsby).
\nAdetoun Ilumoka: Program Officer\, Lead on policy\, British Columbia Cou ncil for International Cooperation\, Vancouver. An accomplished law and policy researcher\, she has done extensive work on law and social change\, constitutional development and land law\, making vital linkages between academic research\, policy and community roo ted initiatives. She is passionate about promoting land rights and sustain able livelihoods within the context of more equal national and global econ omic exchange. A committed feminist\, Dr Ilumoka has worked through severa l local and international organisations and networks to advocate for anti- racist and decolonial approaches to education and policy making.
\nThomas Kwasi Tieku: Associate Professor of Politica l Science in King’s University College at The University of Western Ontari o (UWO)\, London and a former Director of African Studies at the University of Toronto where he won the Excellence of Teaching Award. He is also an award-winning author who has authored\, e dited or co-edited 5 books\, and written over 35 refereed book chapters\, and journal articles\, including The Legon School of International Relatio ns which won the 2021 Review of International Studies Best Articl e Prize. His latest co-edited book is The Politics of Peacebuilding in Africa (Routledge\, 2022). < /span>His current research\, which is sup ported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)\, fo cuses on informality in international organizations. He has consulted for several organizations including the World Bank Group\, the United Nations\ , and the Canadian as well as the American governments.
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The Economic Dimension of the
Canada Strategy for Africa: One Year On – Progress\, Partnerships\, and Pr
ospects
March 5\, 2026\, 2 to 3:30 PM\, ET
\nAn Africa Study Group Event\, in Partnership with the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs of Carleton University
\nREGISTRATION LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/webin ar/register/WN_5t_3na4iTBWxI-PNCEE44w.
\nIn March 2025\ , Canada launched its first Strategy for Africa as a comprehensive framewo rk to redefine and strengthen its engagement with African countries across political\, economic\, development\, security\, and people-to-people dime nsions. The economic pillar of the strategy places particular emphasis on sustainable trade\, investment\, private sector development\, infrastructu re\, clean energy\, digital transformation\, and inclusive growth. Under t he Carney Doctrine\, there have been major shifts in Canadian foreign poli cy. At Davos\, the PM called on Canadians (as well as the international co mmunity) to look at the “real” world\, acknowledge the loss of the “rules- based order” and actively and energetically diversify our economic relatio ns. Many countries have developed and implemented economic (that is\, trad e and investment) strategies towards Africa\, but the Canadian involvement (outside large-scale mining) has been limited to date. The economic dimen sion of the Canada-Africa Strategy needs to be enhanced. With this Webinar the Africa Study Group (ASG) is assembling a panel for dialogue amongst p olicymakers\, researchers\, the Canadian African diaspora\, private sector actors\, and government actors\, to provide insights into how the economi c dimension of the Canada-Africa Strategy can translate into concrete outc omes.
\nSpeakers:
\nModerator: Yiagadeesen (Tedd y) Samy\, Carleton University NPSIA Director and Professor of Internationa l Affairs
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