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News
Nigeria: A Post-Election Analysis
WASHINGTON—The recent national elections in Nigeria, which took place on April 14 and April 21, have raised serious international concern, as reports of violence surfaced and elections monitors commented that the process fell short of basic international standards. On Friday, May 18th the Africa Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars will host a panel discussion and analysis of the Nigerian elections, providing critical assessment of the election procedures and comments on Nigeria’s future political prospects.
The Pending Nigerian Election: a step toward democratic consolidation or a descent into chaos?
From the WQ: Article and Discussion on "Miracle in Mali"
Why is one of Africa’s most successful democracies taking hold in an impoverished Muslim country half-covered in the sand of the Sahara desert? In Mali, the seeds of change are rooted in tradition
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Events
Global Drug Trafficking: Africa's Expanding Role
Thursday, May 28 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Antonio Mazzitelli, United Nations' Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Representative for Central and West Africa;
Bruce Bagley, Professor of International Studies, University of Miami;
Michael Braun, former head of Operations, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA);
Peter Burgess,Counter-narcotics project Officer for US Africa Command (AFRICOM);
Candace Ross,US Africa Command Narcotics Office (AFRICOM);
Victor Cole-Showers, Nigerian Drug and Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Commander at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos
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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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Nigeria-U.S. partnership for the promotion
of Democracy, Peace and Development in Africa
Wednesday, March 25 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
With His Excellency Chief Ojo Maduekwe, Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Peter Lewis, Associate Professor; Director of African Studies Program, Johns Hopkins University SAIS will moderate.
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A Conversation with Senior African Leaders:
How Africa Can Meet Its Food Security and Financial Challenges, and Priorities for US Assistance Now
Friday, February 27 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
The Project on Leadership and Building State Capacity and Africa Program and the Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa present a discussion with African government and civil society leaders on current food security and poverty issues.
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Key Findings from the Liberia Demographic and Health Survey (DHS)
Wednesday, September 17 2008, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Anne Cross, Deputy Director of Survey Operations, Macro International; Hannah Guedenet, Communications Associate, Macro International
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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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