Events
Global Drug Trafficking: Africa's Expanding Role
May 28, 2009 // 9:00am — 12:30pm
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
Failed elections: Kenya's Vicious Cycle
May 20, 2009 // 9:30am — 11:00am
The Honorable Judge Johann Kriegler, former Constitutional Court and Appeal Court Judge, South Africa
Can the Obama machine be replicated in Kenya and Africa?
May 15, 2009 // 10:30am — 12:00pm
OSI Public Policy Scholar Maina Kiai discusses the American elections and their implications for elections in Africa.
Gender-Based Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of Demographic and Health Survey Findings and Their Use in National Planning
April 20, 2009 // 10:00am — 11:30am
Elisabeth Sommerfelt , Senior Maternal-Child-Newborn Health Advisor, Academy for Educational DevelopmentReena Borwankar, Gender, Gender-based Violence Advisor, Africa's Health in 2010, Academy for Educational DevelopmentDiana Prieto, Senior Gender Advisor, USAID Office of HIV/AIDSMark Blackden, Consultant, International Finance CorporationH.E. Hawa Olga Ndilowe, Ambassador of Malawi (invited)Vivian Lowery-Derrick, Moderator
Save Darfur Coalition
April 19, 2009 // 2:00pm — 4:00pm
Hosted by Catherine Wagner Wagner and the Save Darfur Coalition. Please call 202-478-6155 for more details.
The Notebooks of Memory
April 14, 2009 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
Anne Aghion, Director and Filmmaker, discussant to be announced
Sudan: Prospects for a Just and Lasting Peace
April 01, 2009 // 10:00am — 11:30am
Struggling with multiple civil wars, crises of leadership, and upcoming elections, the leaders of South Sudan face many challenges in achieving a peaceful democratic transition.
Nigeria-U.S. partnership for the promotion of Democracy, Peace and Development in Africa
March 25, 2009 // 10:00am — 11:30am
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.
Sustaining a Fragile Peace: Cross Party Perspectives of Sudanese Parliamentarians
March 10, 2009 // 3:30pm — 4:30pm
Members of Sudan's Women Caucus Carla Koppell, Director, The Institute for Inclusive Security, Hunts Alternatives Fund
