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Region:North Africa and Sudan
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News
Howard Wolpe Gives Testimony to US Senate Subcommittee on Africa
Howard Wolpe, Director of the Project on Leadership and Building State Capacity and Africa Program, gave testimony to a panel of members of the US Senate Subcommittee on Africa.
Africa Program Distinguished Fellow Nureldin Satti Speaks at Library of Congress
OSI Distinguished African Fellow, Nureldin Satti, former UNESCO representative to Africa and former Deputy Assistant Special Representative to the Secretary General in Burundi, gave a speech at the Library of Congress on "UNESCO's Role in Building Bridges to Cultural Peace".To watch the speech, please click here.
Sudan Update: Is the Comprehensive Peace Agreement Holding?
On Wednesday, November 7, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, along with the Center’s Africa Program, will host a Director’s Forum featuring His Excellency Salva Kiir Mayardit, First Vice President of Sudan and President of the Government of Southern Sudan.
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Events
Gender-Based Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of Demographic and Health Survey Findings and Their Use in National Planning
Monday, April 20 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Elisabeth Sommerfelt , Senior Maternal-Child-Newborn Health Advisor, Academy for Educational Development
Reena Borwankar, Gender, Gender-based Violence Advisor, Africa’s Health in 2010, Academy for Educational Development
Diana Prieto, Senior Gender Advisor, USAID Office of HIV/AIDS
Mark Blackden, Consultant, International Finance Corporation
H.E. Hawa Olga Ndilowe, Ambassador of Malawi (invited)
Vivian Lowery-Derrick, Moderator
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Sudan Update: Is the Comprehensive Peace Agreement Holding?
Wednesday, November 07 2007, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
With H.E. Salva Kiir Mayardit, First Vice President of Sudan and President of the Government of Southern Sudan.
Moderator: Howard Wolpe, Director of the Africa Program, Wilson Center.
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Rekindling the Darfur Negotiations: Keys to Success
Thursday, October 11 2007, 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
On October 11, 2007, the Africa Program and the Initiative for Inclusive Security co-sponsored an event entitled “Rekindling Darfur Negotiations: Keys to Success.” The discussion was led by Carla Koppell, Director of the Initiative for Inclusive Security and Dr. Robert A. Pastor, Interim Co-Director of The Elders, a group of thirteen world leaders, convened by Nelson Mandela and chaired by Desmond Tutu, dedicated to tackling global crises and issues.
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Examining Environmental Links to Peace and Conflict in Sudan: The UN Environment Programme's Sudan Post-Conflict Environmental Assessment
Friday, September 21 2007, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Ibrahim Thiaw, Director, Division of Environmental Policy Implementation, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Andrew Morton, Sudan Project Coordinator, UNEP Post-Conflict and Disaster Management Branch
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Darfur in Comparative Perspective: Regime Crises, Political Exclusion and Civil War in Africa
Tuesday, June 26 2007, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
On June 26th, 2007, the Africa Program hosted an event entitled “Darfur in Comparative Perspective: Regime Crises, Political Exclusion and Civil War in Africa” with Philip Roessler, a 2006 Africanist Doctoral Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
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Africa Program
Woodrow Wilson Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-3027
Email: africa@wilsoncenter.org
Tel: 202/691-4354
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