Africa
Overview
Presentation | Main areas of research | Recent publications | Recent past events or news
Presentation
The main object of this Programme is to conduct research on political, economic, social and security issues and developments relating to this region (especially Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda). This research also relates to the major trends on the African continent (African Union, Regional Integration, conflict analysis and post-conflict reconstruction) and it analyses the role and position of the EU in Sub-Sahara Africa.
Through its own research, a wide range of contacts and activities with national and international research institutes, public authorities and NGO's and the publication of proceedings, the programme plays a role in making Belgian expertise better known abroad and will contribute to strengthen research in Central African countries.
The programme also wishes to contribute to the wider (policy) debate on this region, especially at this crucial moment in its history.
Main Areas of Research
Recent publications, presentations
- Continuïteit van instabiliteit: de verkiezingen in de Democratische Republiek Congo, Hans Hoebeke, in Internationale Spectator, Jr.66 n°5, May 2012.
- L’Afrique du Sud quelques réflexions sur un partenaire stratégique d’un continent marginalisé, Hans Hoebeke and Jean-Christophe Hoste, in Sebastian Santander (ed.), Puissances émergentes: un défi pour l'Europe?, Paris: Ellipses, Université de Liège, 21 Feb. 2012. See the table of contents and/or order a copy of this book.
- Diamonds, rice,
and a ‘maggi cube’. Artisanal Diamond Mining and Livelihoods in Liberia, Steven Van Bockstael and Koen Vlassenroot (eds.), Ghent, Academia Press, 2011.
- African dynamics at the climate change negotiations, Jean-Christophe Hoste and Andrew Anderson, Africa Policy Brief 3, Nov. 2011.
- Obama takes on the LRA. Why Washington Sent Troops to Central Africa, Mareike Schomerus, Tim Allen, and Koen Vlassenroot, in Foreign Affairs, 15 Nov. 2011.
- Climate Change and Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa:
the Mother of all Problems?, Jean-Christophe Hoste and Koen Vlassenroot, in Proceedings International Symposium Developing Countries facing Global Warming:
a Post-Kyoto Assessment 12-13 June 2009, pp. 139-149, July 2011.
- Community-based Security Partnerships in Post-conflict Reconstruction, Line Risch and Hans Hoebeke, in Michael Brzoska, Hans-Georg Ehrhart and Jens Narten (Eds), Multi-Stakeholder Security Partnerships. A critical assessment with case studies from Afghanistan, DR Congo and Kosovo, Demokratie, Sicherheit, Frieden, vol. 203, Baden-Baden, June 2011, pp. 80-91.
Recent past events or other news
- 5 March 2012: Les négociations inter-burundaises: la longue marche pour la paix
-Book presentation with the author Pierre Buyoya, former President of Burundi, and with Prof. Filip Reyntjens.
- 23 Nov. 2011: Pre-Election in Kenya: a national and regional perspective
-Africa Briefing (restricted).
- 17 Nov. 2011: Presentation of Egmont Artisanal Diamond Mining Project. "Artisanal diamond mining and rural change in West and Central Africa"
-Book presentation.
- 21 Oct. 2011: The Elections in the DRC: Perspectives from the East
-ECA - CRE-AC / EGMONT 'Rotonde policy talk' (restricted).
- 19 Oct. 2011: Peace and Security in Africa: analysis of major trends
-Seminar Observatoire de l'Afrique (restricted).
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