Africa Policy Studies Roundtable
Staff: Princeton N. Lyman
January 28, 2003 - September 1, 2010
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
Roundtable Meeting
Large-Scale Commercial Leases of African Farmland: Welcome Development or Source of Concern?
Speakers:
Regina Birner, International Food Policy Research Institute, Franklin C. Moore, U.S. Agency for International Development, Wondimu Asamnew, Embassy of EthiopiaPresider:
Princeton N. Lyman, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Understanding and Combating Corruption in Africa
Speakers:
Rafael Marques de Morais, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, Center for Global Development, Raymond Baker, Global Financial IntegrityPresider:
Princeton N. Lyman, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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A Conversation with Representatives of the Government of Somaliland
Speakers:
Abdillahi Mohamed Duale, Somaliland Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abdillahi Ismail Ali, Somaliland Ministry of the Interior, Ali Ibrahim Mohamed, Somaliland Ministry of Planning, Osman Sheikh Abdi Mohamed, Somaliland Ministry of Water and Mineral Resources, Bashe Mohamed Farax, Somaliland House of Representatives, Said Jama Ali, Somaliland House of EldersPresider:
Princeton N. Lyman, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Roundtable Meeting
Aid and Development in Africa: An African Perspective
Speaker:
Edward Ayensu, World Bank GroupPresider:
Princeton N. Lyman, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Corporate Social Responsibility in Challenging Economic Times
Speaker:
Ian Cockerill, Anglo CoalPresider:
Princeton N. Lyman, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Democracy and the Rule of Law in Nigeria
Speaker:
Ojo Maduekwe, Minister of Foreign Affairs, NigeriaPresider:
Princeton N. Lyman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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The Continuing Niger Delta Crisis
Speaker:
Basil Omiyi, Country Chair, Shell Companies, NigeriaPresider:
Princeton N. Lyman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, Counil on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
A Report from Rwanda: PEPFAR's Impact on the Ground
Speakers:
Dr. Caleb King, Medical Director, Shyira Hill Hospital, Rwanda, Dr. Louise King, Shyira Hill Hospital, RwandaPresider:
Princeton N. Lyman, Adjunct Senior Fellows for Africa, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
A Diamond in the Rough: The Role of the Private Sector in Sustainable Development in Africa
Presider:
Princeton N. Lyman, Adjunct Senior Fellows for Africa, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Gareth Penny, Managing Director, De BeersThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Roundtable Meeting
Electoral Reform in Nigeria
Presider:
Michelle D. Gavin, Adjunct Fellow for Africa, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
The Honorable Oladimeji Sabur Bankole, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Federal Republic of NigeriaThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Angola's Democratic Challenge: Preparations for Parliamentary Elections
Presider:
Jamie Ekern, Assistant Director, Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeakers:
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 AngolaThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Trade Policy and Africa-EU Economic Partnership Agreements in the Context of a Development Agenda
Speaker:
Princeton N. Lyman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
A Luncheon in Honor of Obiageli Ezekwisili
Speaker:
Obiageli Ezekwisili, Vice President for Africa, World BankModerators:
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 StudiesPanelists:
Akwe Amosu, Senior Policy Analyst for Africa, Open Society Institute, David L. Goldwyn, President, Goldwyn International Strategies, Rosalind Kainyah, Director, Public Affairs, USA, DeBeers CorporationThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Islam and Foreign Policy in Nigeria
Presider:
Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
His Eminence Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, III, The Sultan of Sokoto, Federal Republic of NigeriaThis meeting is not for attribution.
Presider:
Princeton N. Lyman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Iqbal Surve, CEO, Sekunjalo Investments Limited
8:15-9:30 a.m. - Meeting
This meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Zimbabwe in Crisis: End in Sight?
Presider:
Princeton N. Lyman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Greg Mills, Director, The Brenthurst Foundation
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Presider:
Princeton N. Lyman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Barbara Masekela, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of South AfricaThis meeting is not for attribution.
Presider:
Princeton N. Lyman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, The Council on Foreign RelationsSpeakers:
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
8:15-9:30 a.m. - Meeting
This meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
A Conversation with Tony Leon
Presider:
Princeton N. Lyman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, The Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Tony Leon, Member of Parliament, Republic of South AfricaThis meeting is not for attribution.
Speaker:
Jakaya Kikwete, President, TanzaniaPresider:
Princeton N. LymanThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Northern Uganda: Next Steps for the United Nations
Speakers:
Charles F. MacCormack, Save the Children, Jimmy Kolker, Former U.S. Ambassador to Uganda, Olara Otunnu, LBL Foundation for the Children, Allen Rock, Permanent Mision of Canada to the United NationsPresider:
Princeton N. LymanThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Land Reform in South Africa: A Place to Stay Not a Place to Farm
Speaker:
Ann Bernstein, National Endowment for DemocracyPresider:
Princeton N. LymanThis meeting is not for attribution.
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A Conversation with Ambassador Jendayi Frazer
Speaker:
Jendayi Frazer, U.S. Department of StatePresider:
Princeton N. LymanThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Successes and Shortcomings: The African Union in Darfur
Speaker:
William O'NeillPresider:
Princeton N. LymanThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Strategies for Improving Food Production and Access to Markets
Speaker:
Jendayi Frazer, U.S. Department of StatePresider:
Princeton N. LymanThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Challenging Stereotypes: A Businessman's Approach to African Development
Presider:
Princeton N. LymanSpeakers:
Carol A. Giacomo, Journalist, Reuters News Service, Edward V.K. Jaycox, Managing Director, Emerging Markets Partnership, and CEO of the Africa FundThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Promoting Entrepreneurship: Shell Foundation in Africa
Presider:
Princeton N. LymanSpeaker:
Kurt HoffmanThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Invisible Borders: Roaming Warriors in West Africa
Presider:
Princeton N. LymanSpeaker:
Corinne DufkaThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Zimbabwe: Perspectives of an Opposition Leader
Presider:
Princeton N. LymanSpeaker:
Lovemore Madhuku, Founder and President, National Constitutional Assembly, ZimbabweThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
A Conversation with Sarata Ottro Zirignon-Toure
Presider:
Princeton N. LymanSpeakers:
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 StudiesThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Peace in Sierra Leone: Not Yet Sustainable
Presider:
Princeton N. LymanSpeaker:
Peter Chaveas, Deputy Director, Africa Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense UniversityThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Africa's Economic Future
Introductory Speaker:
Princeton N. Lyman, Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
Joe Siegle, University of MarylandSpeaker:
Tony Leon, Member of Parliament, Republic of South AfricaThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Ethiopia and the Region: The Current Situation
Presider:
Princeton N. LymanSpeaker:
Kassahun Ayele, Ambassador of EthiopiaThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Human Rights, Sharia, and the Rule of Law in Nigeria
Presider:
Princeton N. LymanSpeaker:
Hauwa Ibrahim, Washington College of Law, American UniversityThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
The Western Sahara: Ripe for Political Solution?
Presider:
Princeton N. LymanSpeakers:
Anne Theofilopoulou, United Nations Secretariat, I. William Zartman, The Johns Hopkins UniversityThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
What's at Stake in Chad?: Democracy, Oil, Development and Security
Presider:
Princeton N. LymanSpeakers:
Ahmat Hassaballah, Former Chad Ambassador, Donald R. NorlandThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
HIV/AIDS Pandemic: A View from South Africa
Presider:
Princeton N. LymanSpeaker:
William Makgoba, Vice Chancellor and Principal, University of Kwa Zulu NatalThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
From Combat to Community: Women and Girls of Sierra Leone
Presider:
Princeton N. LymanPanelist:
Harriet C. Babbitt, Hunt AlternativesSpeaker:
Dyan Mazurana, Tufts UniversityThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Liberia Reconstruction: An Off-the-Record Discussion
Speakers:
Princeton N. Lyman, Pamela BridgewaterThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Human Rights, Sharia, and the Rule of Law in Nigeria
Presider:
Princeton N. LymanSpeaker:
Hauwa Ibrahim, Humphery Fellow, Washington College of Law, American UniversityThis meeting is not for attribution.
General Meeting
The Power to Protect: Using New Military Capabilities to Stop Mass Killings
Introductory Speaker:
Princeton N. LymanPresider:
Kenneth H. Bacon, Refugees InternationalSpeakers:
Clifford Bernath, Refugees International, David Malone, International Peace AcademyThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
World AIDS Day: Prevention and Policy
Presider:
Princeton N. LymanThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Food Security in Least Developed Countries & Small Island Developing States: The Challenge of Water and Rural Infrastructure
Presider:
Princeton N. LymanSpeaker:
Jacques Diouf, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Briefing by Nigerian Finance Minister
Presider:
Princeton N. LymanSpeaker:
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance, Federal Republic of NigeriaThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Eritrea and the Horn of Africa: A U.S. Strategic Interest?
Presider:
Princeton N. LymanSpeaker:
Girma Tesfay, Ambassador of EritreaThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Republic of Somaliland: Recognition and Reconstruction
Presiders:
J. Stephen Morrison, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Princeton N. LymanSpeakers:
Edna Ismail, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Somaliland, Mohamed Elmi, Minister of Commerce and Intdustry, Republic of SomalilandThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Strengthening Governance: The Role of Women in Rwanda's Transition
Presider:
Princeton N. LymanPanelist:
Harriet C. Babbitt, Hunt Alternatives FundThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Endgame in the Sudan Peace Process
Presider:
Princeton N. LymanSpeaker:
John Prendergast, International Crisis GroupThis meeting is not for attribution.
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