5pm tonight, Friday 14th October Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS) Building 146. Room 2.56 Panel Discussion: Elections in Africa: A Necessary Evil?Panelists• Dr. Babatunde Obamamoye is a Visiting Fellow at the Department of International Relations,Australian National University and a Lecturer in the Department of International Relations, Obafemi Awolowo University.• Daniel Mugadziwa is an MPhil…

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Ernest Akuamoah  ( Ernest.Akuamoah@anu.edu.au ) has sent a reminder about the panel on Elections in Africa: A Necessary Evil?Date: Friday 14th, 2022Venue: Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS) Building 146. Room 2.56 Time: 5-6pm. There will be light refreshment. ‘While elections have become regular events in almost all African countries, the processes are often marred by…

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Professor Jamie Pittock of the Fenner School has advised that:  ‘Here is the formal agenda plus registration for in person and by zoom: ANU seminar Thursday 13th October, 2-5 pm – Transforming irrigation in southern Africa.’ https://fennerschool.anu.edu.au/news-events/events/transforming-small-scale-irrigation-sub-saharan-africa 

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Good news from Ernest Akuamoah <Ernest.Akuamoah@anu.edu.au> ‘So I got some money ($2800 out of the max. request of $5000) from the Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS) to organise a workshop for the African Studies Reading Group. We are expected to use the money by 9th December. I would like to thank Bernie, Gboyega, and…

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Austrade publishes data on Africa and individual countries at:https://www.austrade.gov.au/australian/education/news/austrade-update/region-in-focus-africa Included in these data is the fall in the number of student visaholders from Africa.

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The Australia Africa Universities Network (AAUN) Annual Forum and AGM 2022 will be held on 27-28 October 2022 at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, Australia. The Forum topic for this year is “Universities and Governments: Securities and Economic Development to 2030”. On the program from ANU, who are hosting the Forum, are Professors…

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This report is from Ernest Akuamoah, Convenor, ANU African Studies Reading Group Last Friday afternoon the revived ANU African Studies Reading Group held its first meeting at the Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS) Building. This resumption of the group’s activities was successful in many ways. We had fifteen (15) people in attendance, including staff…

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This is background information for the resumption of the Reading Group on the 12th August. See the post at https://africanetwork.weblogs.anu.edu.au/wp-admin/post.php?post=10310&action=edit  Basically  generally Africa at the ANU has gone backwards over the past decade  The quote below is from the AAUN Annual Report (see https://aaun.edu.au/annual-reports/ ) ‘Australia Africa Conference 2014 July 15-16 2014.The Australia Africa Conference…

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Congratulations to Atem Atem whose Phd thesis is now available on the ANU Open Research repository.Access the thesis using this link: https://hdl.handle.net/1885/267266  The title of his work is: In the Search for the Good Life: Settlement Experiences of South Sudanese Families in Western Sydney  

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From Ernest Akuamoah ‘Hi all, After a long break, the ANU’s African Studies Reading Group resumes with its first meeting dubbed “Meet and Greet”. The goal is to bring together researchers across various academic disciplines and others with an interest in Africa, to engage in exchanging ideas and networking. In line with this, we will…

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