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| Staff: | Princeton N. Lyman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies |
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January 28, 2003 - Present
The Africa Roundtable Series will meet periodically during the 2007-2008 programming year in both New York City and Washington, DC. As always, the series will seek to provide a representative sampling of the prospects and problems on the African continent, but special focus will likely be given to the evolving crisis in Zimbabwe, the ongoing attempts to stabilize the Great Lakes Region, and the political situation in Nigeria. During 2006-2007, the series hosted Amos Kimunya, Finance Minister of Kenya; Tony Leon, leader of the official opposition in South Africa; and Atiku Abubakar, Vice-President of Nigeria, among others.
Meetings
Africa Policy Studies Roundtable: A Diamond in the Rough-The Role of the Private Sector in Sustainable Development in Africa
Related Project: Africa Policy Studies Roundtable
| Presider: | Princeton N. Lyman, Adjunct Senior Fellows for Africa, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Gareth Penny, Managing Director, De Beers |
Transcript: A Diamond in the Rough: The Role of the Private Sector in Sustainable Development in Africa [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service]
Audio: A Diamond in the Rough: The Role of the Private Sector in Sustainable Development in Africa (Audio)
Africa Policy Studies Roundtable: Electoral Reform in Nigeria
Related Project: Africa Policy Studies Roundtable
| Presider: | Michelle D. Gavin, Adjunct Fellow for Africa, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | The Honorable Oladimeji Sabur Bankole, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Federal Republic of Nigeria |
Africa Policy Studies Roundtable: Angola's Democratic Challenge-Preparations for Parliamentary Elections
Related Projects: Africa Policy Studies Roundtable, Center for Preventive Action
| Presider: | Jamie Ekern, Assistant Director, Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speakers: | Her Excellency Josefina Pitra Diakite, Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of Angola |
| Alcides Sakala Simões, Member of Parliament and President of UNITA Parliamentary Group, National Assembly of the Republic of Angola |
Africa Policy Studies Roundtable: A Luncheon in honor of Obiageli Ezekwisili
Related Projects: Africa Policy Studies Roundtable, Africa Policy Studies Roundtable
| Speaker: | Obiageli Ezekwisili, Vice President for Africa, World Bank |
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| Moderators: | Princeton N. Lyman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
| Jennifer Cooke, Co-director, Africa Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies | |
| Panelists: | Akwe Amosu, Senior Policy Analyst for Africa, Open Society Institute |
| David L. Goldwyn, President, Goldwyn International Strategies | |
| Rosalind Kainyah, Director, Public Affairs, USA, DeBeers Corporation |
A luncheon in honor of World Bank Vice President for Africa Obiageli Ezekwisili at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Africa Policy Studies Roundtable: Islam and Foreign Policy in Nigeria
Related Project: Africa Policy Studies Roundtable
| Presider: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | His Eminence Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, III, The Sultan of Sokoto, Federal Republic of Nigeria |
Africa Policy Studies Roundtable: Black Economic Empowerment
Related Project: Africa Policy Studies Roundtable
| Presider: | Princeton N. Lyman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Iqbal Surve, CEO, Sekunjalo Investments Limited |
Africa Policy Studies Roundtable: Zimbabwe in Crisis - End in Sight?
Related Project: Africa Policy Studies Roundtable
| Presider: | Princeton N. Lyman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Greg Mills, Director, The Brenthurst Foundation |
Africa Policy Studies Roundtable: A Luncheon in Honor of Ambassador Barbara Masekela
Related Project: Africa Policy Studies Roundtable
| Presider: | Princeton N. Lyman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Barbara Masekela, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of South Africa |
Co-sponsored with the Corporate Council on Africa.
Africa Policy Studies Roundtable: South Africa on the Security Council - A Conversation with Scholars from the South African Institute of International Affairs
Related Project: Africa Policy Studies Roundtable
| Presider: | Princeton N. Lyman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, The Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speakers: | Kuseni Dlamini, National Council Member, South African Institute of International Affairs |
| Moeletsi Mbeki, Chairman, KMM Investments | |
| Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, National Director, South African Institute of International Affairs |
Africa Policy Studies Roundtable: A Conversation with Tony Leon
Related Project: Africa Policy Studies Roundtable
| Presider: | Princeton N. Lyman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, The Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Tony Leon, Member of Parliament, Republic of South Africa |
Africa Policy Studies Roundtable: A Conversation with President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania
Related Project: Africa Policy Studies Roundtable
| Speaker: | Jakaya Kikwete, President, Tanzania |
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| Presider: | Princeton N. Lyman |
12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Africa Policy Studies Roundtable: Northern Uganda - Next Steps for the United Nations
Related Project: Africa Policy Studies Roundtable
| Speakers: | Charles F. MacCormack, Save the Children |
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| Jimmy Kolker, Former U.S. Ambassador to Uganda | |
| Olara Otunnu, LBL Foundation for the Children | |
| Allen Rock, Permanent Mision of Canada to the United Nations | |
| Presider: | Princeton N. Lyman |
Africa Policy Studies Roundtable: Land Reform in South Africa - A Place to Stay Not a Place to Farm
Related Project: Africa Policy Studies Roundtable
| Speaker: | Ann Bernstein, National Endowment for Democracy |
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| Presider: | Princeton N. Lyman |
Africa Policy Studies Roundtable: A Conversation with Ambassador Jendayi Frazer
Related Project: Africa Policy Studies Roundtable
| Speaker: | Jendayi Frazer, U.S. Department of State |
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| Presider: | Princeton N. Lyman |
Africa Policy Studies Roundtable: Successes and Shortcomings - The African Union in Darfur
Related Project: Africa Policy Studies Roundtable
| Speaker: | William O'Neill |
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| Presider: | Princeton N. Lyman |
Africa Policy Studies Roundtable: Strategies for Improving Food Production and Access to Markets
Related Project: Africa Policy Studies Roundtable
| Speaker: | Jendayi Frazer, U.S. Department of State |
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| Presider: | Princeton N. Lyman |
Challenging Stereotypes: A Businessman's Approach to African Development
Related Project: Africa Policy Studies Roundtable
| Presider: | Princeton N. Lyman |
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| Speakers: | Carol A. Giacomo, Journalist, Reuters News Service |
| Edward V.K. Jaycox, Managing Director, Emerging Markets Partnership, and CEO of the Africa Fund |
Promoting Entrepreneurship: Shell Foundation in Africa
Related Project: Africa Policy Studies Roundtable
| Presider: | Princeton N. Lyman |
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| Speaker: | Kurt Hoffman |
Invisible Borders: Roaming Warriors in West Africa
Related Project: Africa Policy Studies Roundtable
| Presider: | Princeton N. Lyman |
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| Speaker: | Corinne Dufka |
Zimbabwe: Perspectives of an Opposition Leader
Related Project: Africa Policy Studies Roundtable
| Presider: | Princeton N. Lyman |
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| Speaker: | Lovemore Madhuku, Founder and President, National Constitutional Assembly, Zimbabwe |
A Conversation with Sarata Ottro Zirignon-Toure
Related Project: Africa Policy Studies Roundtable
| Presider: | Princeton N. Lyman |
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| Speakers: | Sarata Zirignon Toure, Deputy Chief of Staff to President Laurent Gbagbo of Cote D'Ivoire, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies |
| Herman J. Cohen, Professorial Lecturer in African Studies |
Peace in Sierra Leone: Not Yet Sustainable
Related Project: Africa Policy Studies Roundtable
| Presider: | Princeton N. Lyman |
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| Speaker: | Peter Chaveas, Deputy Director, Africa Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University |
Africa's Economic Future
Related Project: Africa Policy Studies Roundtable
| Introductory Speaker: | Princeton N. Lyman, Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Presider: | Joe Siegle, University of Maryland |
| Speaker: | Tony Leon, Member of Parliament, Republic of South Africa |
Ethiopia and the Region: The Current Situation
Related Project: Africa Policy Studies Roundtable
| Presider: | Princeton N. Lyman |
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| Speaker: | Kassahun Ayele, Ambassador of Ethiopia |
Contact Odette Boya at (202) 518-3458 or oboya@cfr.org
Human Rights, Sharia, and the Rule of Law in Nigeria
Related Project: Africa Policy Studies Roundtable
| Presider: | Princeton N. Lyman |
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| Speaker: | Hauwa Ibrahim, Washington College of Law, American University |
The Western Sahara: Ripe for Political Solution?
Related Project: Africa Policy Studies Roundtable
| Presider: | Princeton N. Lyman |
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| Speakers: | Anne Theofilopoulou, United Nations Secretariat |
| I. William Zartman, The Johns Hopkins University |
This meeting is cosponsored with the American Moroccan Institute.
Contact Odette Boya at (202) 518-3458 or oboya@cfr.org
What's at Stake in Chad?: Democracy, Oil, Development and Security
Related Project: Africa Policy Studies Roundtable
| Presider: | Princeton N. Lyman |
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| Speakers: | Ahmat Hassaballah, Former Chad Ambassador |
| Donald R. Norland |
Contact Odette Boya at (202) 518-3458 or oboya@cfr.org
HIV/AIDS Pandemic: A View from South Africa
Related Project: Africa Policy Studies Roundtable
| Presider: | Princeton N. Lyman |
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| Speaker: | William Makgoba, Vice Chancellor and Principal, University of Kwa Zulu Natal |
From Combat to Community: Women and Girls of Sierra Leone
Related Project: Africa Policy Studies Roundtable
| Presider: | Princeton N. Lyman |
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| Panelist: | Harriet C. Babbitt, Hunt Alternatives |
| Speaker: | Dyan Mazurana, Tufts University |
Contact Odette Boya at (202) 518-3458 or oboya@cfr.org
Liberia Reconstruction: An Off-the-Record Discussion
Related Project: Africa Policy Studies Roundtable
| Speakers: | Princeton N. Lyman |
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| Pamela Bridgewater |
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