Female Peacekeepers’ Added Burden
Twenty years since the adoption of UNSC 1325 there is an almost unanimous call for an increased number of uniformed women in peace operations from policy makers and multilateral organizations. […]
Other African regions
Publications
New Pact on Migration: a balanced proposal to be further enhanced
Herman Van Rompuy, former President of the European Council, has been credited with the idea according to which the Commission under Ursula von der Leyen has three key tasks facing […]
Challenges with Security Force Assistance in Niger: Understanding Local Context and Aligning Interests
Since the attacks the 11th of September 2001 in the US, there has been a strong increase in security force assistance (SFA) to fragile states with the aim of professionalising […]
Commentaries
Regrets, apologies and repair for Belgium’s colonial harms
Former colonial countries appear increasingly willing to engage in processes akin to transitional justice in order to confront the legacies of their colonial past. In this blog post, Valerie Arnould […]
Commentaries
Human Rights matter more than ever in the Covid-19 era
In this commentary, Egmont senior researcher Valérie Arnould examines the human rights challenges the Covid-19 crisis poses in the short and the long term and how these can have important […]
Context matters – Why Africa should tailor its own measures to fight COVID-19
African governments have been faster than most of their European counterparts in imposing measures to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak despite dealing with numerous other challenges. However, context matters, and […]
Events
ENA Mali: online training in Gender inclusivity to support the 5th graduating class of ENA students
In the framework of a cooperation project with Enabel, Belgian Development Agency, in Mali, the Education & Training Programme is delighted to provide a three-day online training in Gender inclusivity. […]
Online Advanced training in Diplomatic practices for diplomats coming from Angola, Mali, Ivory Coast, Republic of Congo and Senegal
The Education & Training Programme is delighted to welcome 8 diplomats from Angola, Mali, Ivory Coast, Republic of Congo and Senegal for a 10 days online training in advanced diplomatic […]
Mali: Rebuilding Armed Forces in a Coup-Prone Country
Africa Lunch Meeting Webinar with Research Fellow Dr. Denis Tull from the Institute for Strategic Research (IRSEM) in Paris. Drawing on extensive research on African armies. Dr. Tull will discuss […]
ENA Mali: online trainings to support the 5th graduating class of ENA students
The Education & Training Programme supports the initial training of Malian civil servants through its partnership with the National School of Administration Mali (ENA Mali) financed by Enabel, Belgian Development […]