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ANU Africa Network
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This website was established in 2013 by David Lucas, and renovated and relaunched in 2020 as part of a project to increase awareness of Africa and African studies in the ANU and the ACT, funded by the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Another outcome of that project was a major research report, published in August 2021, African Studies at the Australian National University and in the Australian Capital Territory, analyzing the past, present and future of the study of Africa at the Australian National University and the wider Australian University sector.
The major innovation on this updated website is the creation of the ACT Africa Expert Directory which lists experts on Africa from institutions around the ACT, primarily the ANU. We will continue to curate this list, offering a key resource for media, government and non-government organizations seeking expert facts and opinions on Africa. Individuals can request to be added to the list by contacting the website managers.
Another notable addition is the expanded directory of PhD theses on Africa produced in the territory’s universities, a solid measure of the vitality of the study of Africa in the city of Canberra.
Reviewing these directories, it is revealing to note that the vast majority of research on Africa is produced by disciplinary experts (environmental scientists, economists, demographers, etc.) rather than area studies experts. This means that the study of Africa is woven into the fabric of the research culture of the ANU and the ACT’s other universities in ways that are not necessarily apparent.
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Visiting Fellowship for African Researchers
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Offered by the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health (NCEPH), this is an exciting opportunity to enhance population and health research capacity in sub-Saharan Africa by building closer ties with research centres at The Australian National University (ANU).
In 2014-5 this program will support one African researcher (at any career stage) for up to three months at the ANU. The fellowship will fund travel, accommodation and living allowance. The researcher must be affiliated with an African research institute or university.
A primary goal of this program to establish on-going collaboration following the visit.
Applications for this Fellowship close on 31 July 2014 To learn more about the application process go here
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Liberian President Sirleaf launches CAP on Post 2015 Development Agenda
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President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia, and Chairperson of the High Level Committee on the African Common Position (CAP)on the Post-2015 Development Agenda has launched the CAP in Monrovia.
The High Level Committee (HLC) chaired by President Sirleaf was set up by the African Union during its May 2013 Summit to draft a CAP on the Post-2015 Development Agenda. The HLC identified areas of priority to Africa, and committee completed its work, after which the African Union adopted the CAP on 31 January 2014. The CAP was subsequently launched by the AU in March 2014 in N’djamena, Chad.The CAP defines six pillars that are essential to the development of Africa:
1. Structural Economic Transformation and Inclusive Growth;
2. Science Technology and Innovation (STI);
3. People Centered Development;
4. Environmental Sustainability, Natural Resources and Natural Disaster Management;
5. Peace and Security; and
6. Financing and Partnership for Implementation.Each of these pillars is anchored on good governance and serves as a foundation for ending poverty, promoting prosperity and achieving sustainable and equitable development.
For more details on this story,please click https://www.emansion.gov.lr/2press.php?news_id=3002&related=7&pg=sp.
For more information about the Post-2015 Development Agenda, please click https://www.post2015hlp.org/.
We hope All African states will strive to attain all the six pillars agreed under the Common African Position on the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
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Why the war ended in Somaliland but continued in Somalia
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Why war ended in Somaliland but continued in Somalia: A political settlements approachSarah Phillips – University of SydneyLecture Theatre 2, Hedley Bull Centre (130), corner of Garran Road and Liversidge Street, ANUTuesday, 6 May, 2014 – 15:00 to 16:00ABSTRACTThe case of Somaliland offers insights into why some domestic power struggles – including violent ones – build the foundations for relative political order while others perpetuate cycles of economic malaise and political violence. This session will look at why large-scale violence was resolved in the internationally unrecognised ‘Republic of Somaliland’ but not in the rest of Somalia. It will argue that there were three particularly important factors at play: a domestically-funded peace process that motivated cooperation among elites; Somalilanders’ conscious desire for an enclave of peace within the surrounding turmoil; and the fact that there was a history of quality secondary education being available to at least some within Somaliland, which helped to provide critical leadership skills among select elites.