Much of the conflict and tension in Africa today stems from the artificial creation of nation states by colonial powers, which divided some societies and forced others to live together. Many countries also share a common experience of thirty years of privatization of the public and social sectors,imposed by Northern governments.
Firoze Manji, editor of Pambazuka Press and News, dubs the result “accumulation by dispossession” – a small group is made fabulously wealthy while countless are left landless, homeless and unemployed. In order to survive, people have had to migrate across and beyond Africa.
Enter Inter Pares’ counterpart Fahamu, Pambazuka Publishing and its Read More
“Security is the centre piece for social justice” – Ambassador Monica Juma
Fahamu – Networks for Social Justice and the African Security Sector Network (ASSN) co-convened a two-day dialogue to undertake a critical review of methodologies currently utilised to mainstream gender in ongoing peace and security processes in Africa.
The dialogue, which took place on 6-7 October 2011 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia was timely in its objective to assess and sharpen engagement around these methodologies as transformative instructional tools for the operationalisation of the AU Security Sector Reform Policy Framework, once adopted in 2012.
Overall discussions during the dialogue also assessed how these methodologies can be systematically Read More
Comparative African Perspectives on China and other emerging powers in Africa: China’s deepening engagement with Africa is receiving increased attention from the global media, public- and private sectors as well as academic research.
This should however not overshadow the activities of other emerging powers in Africa, including India, Brazil and the Gulf States. This call therefore seeks to develop African perspectives in the discourse surrounding the engagement between Africa and these emerging powers.
Deadline for receiving applications: 12 October 2011 For further details please download information here