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Central Africa: Build Cohesion in Divided Societies, Urges U.S. Envoy
The American government’s new special adviser on the Great Lakes region, Howard Wolpe, discusses how the Obama administration could improve its diplomacy and strengthen peace-building in Central Africa.

Workshop in Katanga, Session Report
A report from the first workshop held in Lubumbashi in the Katango Province with a range of leaders from different sectors of government.

Katanga: Muyambo-Katumbi, hand in hand!
The winds of revival and development of the Katanga province are already blowing. Proof of that: the determination and will of Katangese leaders to walk hand in hand from now on.




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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The Notebooks of Memory
Tuesday, April 14 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Anne Aghion, Director and Filmmaker, discussant to be announced
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A Gleam of Hope in a Sea of Conflict
Monday, March 30 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
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Briefing on the Eastern DRC:Repatriation of FDLR combatants and their dependents from DRC to Rwanda
Monday, March 09 2009, 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Bruno Donat,Officer-in-Charge of MONUC's Disarmament, Demobilization, Repatriation, Reinstallation and Reintegration (DDRRR) programme.
Herbert Weiss, Emeritus Professor, City University of New York and Senior Policy Scholar at the Wilson Center will serve as moderator.
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Winning the Peace in Burundi and DR Congo
Wednesday, March 04 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Alain Pekar Lempereur, Professor, ESSEC Business School, Paris; Elizabeth McClintock, Managing Partner, CMPartners; Steve McDonald, Consulting Program Director, Africa Program (moderator)
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