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Feb 23, 2016
South Africa, BRICS and the South African Development Partnership Agency: redefining Canada’s development assistance to Africa through triangular cooperation Hany Besada & Evren Tok Published in Canadian Foreign Policy Journal. SADPA, SA & Canada...
Feb 20, 2016
Event @ Carleton:” Michael Gerson: The ONE Campaign” Event @ St. Paul’s University:”Canada and Sub-Saharan Africa : partners in building a secure, sustainable and prosperous future.” Event @ St. Paul’s University: “Le Canada et l’Afrique subsaharienne: un partenariat...
Feb 12, 2016
Event @ Carleton:The Indocile Image-A Retrospective and a Symposium on the Cinema of Med Hondo Event @ Carleton: “Sexual Violence and ‘Conflict’ Minerals: Dis/ordering Insecurity’” Un symposium de FOCUDIA à l’occasion du mois de l’histoire des Noirs CONCERT: YAO –...
Feb 11, 2016
DATE: Wednesday, February 24th TIME: 17:30 pm – 19:30 pm LOCATION: St. Paul’s university, Guigues Hall, 223 Main street, Room 103 Opening remarks Canada and Sub-Saharan Africa : partners in building a secure, sustainable and prosperous future. Talk...
Feb 10, 2016
Feb 10, 2016
Please join us. Pentatonic (5 Notes Scale) Music of the Eastern Nile Basin An Evening with the Music of Cradles of Civilization Organized by The Institute of African Studies, Carleton University. In Collaboration with: The Africa Study Group, And The African Caribbean...
Feb 5, 2016
Event @ Carleton:”Human Rights and The Public Sphere in Africa Conference” Events @ Carleton: CU Black History Month 2016: IT’S LIT Event @ Carleton: “Hashtags Can’t Resuscitate: Reproductive Justice and Black Masculinity” Event @ Carleton:”Hip Hop culture in the...
Feb 5, 2016
From Rita Abrahamsen, Ottawa U. The AU Summit: Do Not Be Fooled If your main source of information about the world is the Canadian media, you probably did not register that the African Union’s 26th Summit took place in Addis Ababa this weekend. Causing barely a ripple...
Feb 4, 2016
This article is worth reading. Although I share the view that supporting militarily regimes that are autocratic, and that do not respect human rights, nor are inclusive is in the long-run, detrimental to the stability of the region. However, some aspects of Serval,...
Jan 29, 2016
Event @ Carleton: “History, memory and refugee resettlement” Network of Black Business & Professional Women:The screening of “9th Floor” Children’s Stories in the Diaspora Vernissage: THE FLORIDA HIGHWAYMEN: Exhibition L’Événement à UQAM: Les travailleurs migrants...
Jan 29, 2016
foresightafrica2016_fullreport Top priorities Africa is at a tipping point in 2016. Despite all the success the continent has achieved in recent years, new and old dangers—economic, political, and security-related—threaten to derail its progress. With sound...
Jan 26, 2016
with a particular focus on women’s rights. Join us at the November 28 monthly ASG Presents at St. Paul University on African Union at 5:30, room 120. https://au.int/en/summit/26
Jan 23, 2016
Event @ Carleton: “The Political and Constitutional crisis in Burundi : Is Military Intervention Well Warranted?” Event @ Carleton: IASSA presents “Open Mic Night” Event @ Carleton:“Caribbean Literature and the Globalization of Holocaust Memory” EASAC: Rafiki Night...
Jan 19, 2016
DATE: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 (Note that the date has changed from Wednesday to Thursday) TIME: 17:30 pm – 19:30 pm LOCATION: St. Paul’s university, Guigues Hall, 223 Main street, Room 120 Opening remarks African Union Today: Policy Options for Canada: Talk...
Jan 15, 2016
Event @ Carleton:“Research, Repression, and Freedom: A conversation with David Austin” Events at Carleton: “Cinema in the Age of Decolonization: Activism and Aesthetics” “Cinema in the Age of Decolonization: Activism and Aesthetics” An Homage to René Vautier...
Jan 4, 2016
Africa Industrialization Day: Jump-Starting the Region’s Industrial Sector
Dec 27, 2015
https://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/3/e/1/3e1adbaec954fd12/AAP7.mp3?c_id=10545609&expiration=1451249632&hwt=b73e4dd93fe399cdb5f0586b9a2bc3cc
Dec 18, 2015
https://www.opencanada.org/features/cotton-tale-one-crop-heart-trade-challenges-africa/
Dec 18, 2015
A must read for those who follow the situation in South Sudan. Peace prospects are not improving…....
Dec 16, 2015
One of our prominent members wrote this report, which focuses on resource mobilization: Professor Yagadeseen Samy. https://www.acbf-pact.org/knowledge-learning/africa-capacity-report/africa-capacity-report-acr-2015
Dec 14, 2015
EU slams S. Sudan over media freedom restrictions December 10, 2015 (JUBA) – Diplomats from Canada and nine other European countries have strongly condemned the government of South Sudan for restricting press freedoms and creating limited political space as a...
Nov 28, 2015
Event @ Carleton:The contribution of martial arts in the social development of Ethiopians and Africans Event @ Carleton: Impact of Documentaries and Mobile Cinema in Africa Colloque Annuel du Cerclecad : « La chine et l’inde en afrique. Une approche pluridisciplinaire...
Nov 22, 2015
TODAY- Jamaican Self Help Fundraising Event ‘da KINK in my hair Evidence to Action: Pathways for Women’s Economic Empowerment in Africa South African Rainbow Nation Association Dinner, Dance and Fundraiser La prochaine conférence de CERCLECAD : « Mgr Emmanuel MILINGO,...
Nov 18, 2015
The public meeting will be held in room 8003 of the Social Science building at uOttawa, 120 University Private. It will begin at 11:30 and end at 1:00. A New Peace in South Sudan? Ground-Level Realities and Options for...
Nov 10, 2015
DATE: Wednesday, November 25th, 2015 TIME: 18:30 pm – 20:30 pm **Please note the time change/S’il vous plaît noter le changement d’heure** LOCATION: St. Paul’s university, Guigues Hall, 223 Main street, Room 103 1. Opening remarks 2. Sacrificing...
Nov 7, 2015
EASAC presents: Suspense Femmes en marche : la solidarité en action pour changer le monde du local à l’international Haiti Art Exhibiton 2015 “Migrants: A Different Perspective – Grassroots Solutions” The Grand Marketplace Job Opportunity @ CCIC- Policy Officer...
Nov 2, 2015
FYI, you will find below some of the highlights and recommendations of the AU Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan (AUCISS) constituted in early 2014 to report on the atrocities committed by both the SPLM (governing party headed by President Salva Kiir, an ethnic...
Oct 29, 2015
auciss.executive.summary auciss.final_.report auciss.separate.opinion
Oct 23, 2015
Book Launch & Talk: Women, Urbanization, and the Right to the City in South Africa African Film Festival of Ottawa – Last Weekend! Event @ uOttawa: Politics in the Shadow of the Gun: The Political Legacies of Rebellions for Party Politics after Civil War (in...
Oct 21, 2015
My newly published book-“Development in Africa Refocusing the lens after the Millennium Development Goals” by Policy Press Dear Friends/Colleagues. Some of you may be interested in a book I co-edited looking at Africa and the Post-2015 Development Agenda...
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