Events
South Africa, Sixteen Years After the Advent of Democracy
May 12, 2010 // 2:30pm — 4:30pm
Barney Pityana, Principle and Vice Chancelor, University of South Africa; Steve McDonald, Consulting Director, Africa Program
A Briefing on the Democratic Republic of Congo
April 09, 2010 // 12:30pm — 2:00pm
Alan Doss, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, United Nations
"Courting Justice"
April 09, 2010 // 9:30am — 11:30am
Ambassador Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues, U.S. Department of State; Ruth B. Cowan, Filmmaker; Moderator Steve McDonald, Consulting Director, Africa Program
Promoting Regional Integration and Food Security in Africa
March 02, 2010 // 8:00am — 12:00pm
John Sewell, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center; Ann Tutwiler, US Department of Agriculture; Mima Nedelcovych, Schaeffer Global Group (moderator); Paul Jourdan, South African Regional Spatial Development Program; Vivien Foster, World Bank; Bill Lane, Caterpillar; Aly Abou-Sabaa, Director, Agriculture and Agro-Industry Department, African Development Bank; Katrin Kuhlmann, German Marshall Fund of the U.S. (moderator); Lynette Chen, NEPAD Business Foundation; Charlotte Hebebrand, International Food and Agricultural Trade Policy Council; Julie Howard, Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa
Aid Effectiveness: A Case Study of Namibia's Community-Based Conservation Program
February 04, 2010 // 9:00am — 12:15am
John Kasaona, Assistant Director, Integrated Rural Development and Nature Conservation (IRDNC). Presenter at this year's TED conference in California. Patricia Skyer, Team Leader for Conservation Partnerships for Sustainability in Southern Africa (COPASSA), WWF in Namibia
Peace Mapping in Somalia
January 28, 2010 // 8:30am — 10:30am
Jabril Ibrahim Abdulle, director, Center for Research and Dialogue; Mark Bradbury, co-editor, Accord 21 Report; Pat Johnson, Senior Program Officer, Interpeace Somali; Ken Menkhaus, Professor of Political Science, Davidson College; Abdirahman Osman Raghe, co-founder, WSP International (now Interpeace); Scott Weber, Director-General, Interpeace; Steve McDonald, Consulting Director, Africa Program, (moderator)
Eritrea's External Relations
January 22, 2010 // 8:30am — 10:00am
Richard Reid, Editor, School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London; Dr Bereket Habte Selassie, Discussant, Departments of African Studies and Law, University of North Carolina; Steve McDonald, Moderator, Consulting Program Director, Africa Program
The New Angola: Forging A Strategic Partnership
November 17, 2009 // 7:30am — 4:30pm
Assunçao Afonso dos Anjos, Angolan Minister of Foreign Affairs; Johnnie Carson, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; and Senator Richard G. Lugar, R-Indiana, ranking member on the Committee of Foreign Affairs
African Media in Post-Conflict Situations
November 13, 2009 // 8:30am — 10:00am
Andrew Kromah, Knight Journalist, Sierra Leone; Chouchou Namegabe, Knight Journalist, Democratic Republic of the Congo; David Ottaway, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center and Retired Journalist, The Washington Post; Jerri Eddings, International Center for Journalists
Life After Violence: A People's Story of Burundi
November 05, 2009 // 8:30am — 10:00am
Peter Uvin, author, Henry J. Leir Professor of International Humanitarian Studies, Tufts University; Marc Sommers, Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow, US Institute of Peace (USIP); Steve McDonald, moderator, Consulting Director, Africa Program, Woodrow Wilson Center
