Seminar: Afrikanske perspektiver på afrikansk sikkerhed

TIME: Tuesday, 25 September, 09.00 – 11.45

VENUE: Danish Institute for International Studies, Main Auditorium, Strandgade 71, ground floor, Christianshavn, 1401 Copenhagen K.

A number of countries in Africa continue to face numerous challenges to their stability, from Somalia where functioning state structures are absent to Mali where a military coup took place in 2012.

TIME: Tuesday, 25 September, 09.00 – 11.45

VENUE: Danish Institute for International Studies, Main Auditorium, Strandgade 71, ground floor, Christianshavn, 1401 Copenhagen K.

A number of countries in Africa continue to face numerous challenges to their stability, from Somalia where functioning state structures are absent to Mali where a military coup took place in 2012.

The continent is meeting these challenges in a number of ways, for instance through the building of an African Peace and Security Architecture. These matters have been and continue to be of considerable significance to global peace and stability.

Much analysis is being produced on African security; however, often by experts that work and live outside the continent.

This half-day seminar will provide insight into current African security issues from one of Africa’s leading think tanks on security matters: Institute for Security Studies (ISS).

ISS is a pan-African think tank, based in South Africa with offices across the continent. The seminar is an opportunity for practitioners, policy-makers and academics to gain insight into current thinking by a number of ISS scholars.

Speakers:
Jakkie Cilliers, Director, ISS
Gwinyayi Dzinesa, Senior Researcher, ISS
Jide Martyns Okeke, Senior Researcher, ISS
Thomas Mandrup, Assistant Professor, Royal Danish Defence College
Andrews Atta-Asamoah, Researcher, ISS
David Zounmenou, Senior Researcher, ISS
Abdelkader Abderrahmane, Senior Researcher, ISS
Nanna Hvidt, Director, DIIS
Søren Hove, Postdoc, DIIS

Programme:

09.00-09.05: Welcome; Nanna Hvidt, Director, DIIS

09.05-09.20: Introduction: Security Issues in Africa; Jakkie Cilliers, Director, ISS

09.20-10.15: Panel 1: African Perspectives on African Security

– Security Challenges in Southern Africa; Gwinyayi Dzinesa, Senior Researcher, ISS
– Progress for the African Peace and Security Architecture; Jide Martyns Okeke, Senior Researcher, ISS

Moderator: Thomas Mandrup, Assistant Professor, Royal Danish Defence College

10.15-10.30: Coffee Break

10.30-11.45: Panel 2: Political or Radical Islam?

– Post Transition Issues in Somalia; Andrews Atta-Asamoah, Researcher, ISS
– The Crisis in the Sahel (Actors, Interests, Challenges and Solutions); David Zounmenou, Senior Researcher, ISS
– North African Elections: Democratisation or Rise of Political Islam?; Abdelkader Abderrahmane, Senior Researcher, ISS

Moderator: Søren Hove, Postdoc, DIIS

The seminar will be held in English.

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Use the online registration form on the website no later than Monday, 24 September at 12 noon.

Please await confirmation by e-mail from DIIS for participation.