The paper discusses the strategic role of the Peacebuilding Commission as a vital component in the attainment of the new peacebuilding vision and architecture and examines its potential implications for sustainable peace in Africa. Kwesi Aning is Head, Conflict Prevention Management and Resolution Department, Kofi Annan International Peacekeepin… Read More
Tag Archives: Africa
Canadian Policy Towards the Democratic Republic of Congo (Publication)
by Eugenia Zorbas CIPS Policy Brief No. 8, May 2010 Current Canadian policy towards the DRC is ineffective and inefficient. It can be greatly improved without necessarily committing additional financial or military resources. Ottawa should champion a more coordinated, multilateral approach to all dealings with the DRC and explicitly involve all stak… Read More
Tags: Africa, Canadian foreign policy, China, CIPS Policy Brief, Democratic Republic of Congo, development, DFAIT, diaspora, Eugenia Zorbas, international security, mining, Rwanda, security sector reform
Illegal Peace? Power-Sharing with Human Rights Violators in Africa (Event)
A talk by Jeremy Levitt, Distinguished Professor of International Law at Florida A&M University College of Law. International Human Rights Lecture Series, co-sponsored by CIPS and HRREC. Free. Registration not required. In English. Jeremy I. Levitt is Associate Dean for International Programs and Distinguished Professor of International Law a… Read More
Tags: Africa, human rights, Jeremy Levitt, peacebuilding, power-sharing
A talk by Dr. David Kihumuro Apuuli, Director General of the Uganda AIDS Commission. Co-sponsors: the Institute for Population Health, the Canadian AIDS Society, the Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development, and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative. Free. Registration is not required. This event will be in English. Dr. David Kihumuro Apuul… Read More
Tags: Africa, David Kihumuro Apuuli, development, HIV/AIDS, international health, science, technology, Uganda, vaccine
Securing Africa’s Trigger: DRC’s Challenges (Event)
A talk by Caty Clement, Geneva Centre for Security Policy. Free. Registration is not required. This event will be in French and English. Caty Clément has worked extensively on conflict and mediation both as an academic and a practitioner with a strong Africa focus. Dr Clément has been a regional expert at the UN Security Council group of Experts investigati… Read More
Tags: Africa, Caty Clement, Democratic Republic of Congo, security
Le processus de paix dans les pays des Grands lacs africains (Event)
A talk by the Honorable Vital Kamerhe, Former President of the National Assembly, Democratic Republic of Congo Co-sponsor: the African Study and Research Laboratory . Free. Registration is not required. This event will be in French. The Honorable Vital Kamerhe will be speaking of causes of war in the region, the main actors of insecurity in the Democratic… Read More
Tags: Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, peace, security, Vital Kamerhe, war
A talk by Jana Hönke, Free University Berlin. Co-sponsor: School of Political Studies. Free. Registration is not required. This event will be in English. Jana Hönke is a Post-Doctoral researcher at the DFG Research Centre 700 “Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood” at the Freie Universität Berlin. Currently, she is a visiting fellow at t… Read More
Tags: Africa, extractive industries, Jana Hönke, security governance
Global Governance and the Human Costs of War: The Case of Conflict Diamonds (Event)
A talk by Don Hubert, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. Registration is not required. This event will be in English. Professor Hubert, the author of numerous works on humanitarianism and human security, will trace the international response to the diamond-funded civil wars in Africa, from the identification of… Read More
Tags: Africa, civil war, conflict diamonds, Don Hubert, global governance, human security, Kimberley Process
Justice in Post-genocide Rwanda (Event)
An interdisciplinary panel discussion featuring Doris Buss (Carleton University), Susan Thomson (Dalhousie University), Christopher Huggins (formerly of Human Rights Watch-Rwanda), Stephen Brown (University of Ottawa) and Jennie E. Burnet (University of Louisville); chaired by Pacifique Manirakiza (University of Ottawa). Organized by the Af… Read More
Tags: Africa, Christopher Huggins, Doris Buss, genocide, Jennie E. Burnet, justice, Pacifique Manirakiza, Rwanda, Stephen Brown, Susan Thomson
Sorting and Suffering: Gender, Ethnicity and Social Classification in Post-Genocide Rwanda (Event)
A talk by Jennie E. Burnet, Department of Anthropology, University of Louisville. Organized by the African Study and Research Laboratory at the University of Ottawa, with the support of CIPS and the School of Political Studie. Registration is not required. This event will be in English. Anthropologist Jennie E. Burnet explores the consequences of socia… Read More
Tags: Africa, ethnicity, gender, genocide, Jennie E. Burnet, Rwanda, social class
