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Africa Up Close is the blog of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars' Blog of the Africa Program, Africa Up Close provides a nexus for analysis, ideas, and innovation for and from Africa..
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  • Weekly Events:

    Events for the Week of August 26th – September 1st

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    By Leadership Project  // Friday, August 23, 2013

    Continue reading for some of the events this week in D.C. concerning Africa.

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  • In the News:

    Daily News on the Issues Affecting Africa for August 21st

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    By Leadership Project  // Wednesday, August 21, 2013

    Continue reading for a summary of recent news stories relating to some of the most pressing issues on the continent. We draw on a wide range of respected news sources, both from Africa itself and around the world. The themes of today’s In the News post are updates on Boko Haram, elections in Zimbabwe and other parts of Africa, US linkages with Egypt, and textile workers rights in South Africa.

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  • Articles in Focus:

    Cross Post from the Nordic Africa Institute — “Dangerous Deadlock in Djibouti”

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    By Leadership Project  // Monday, August 19, 2013

    Below is our summary of an article that can be found at the NAI Forum. Please visit the original source for the full story.

    With much election coverage in the continent focusing on high profile cases such as Zimbabwe and Mali, it is important to remember the wealth of political and electoral developments all over Africa. The NAI Forum, a policy blog associated with the Nordic Africa Institute, recently posted an article by one of their researchers Redie Bereketeab on Djibouti’s February 2013 elections. They were based on a semi-proportional electoral system, a break from the ruling party’s past attempts at securing it’s own dominance with a majority-based vote. While the People’s Rally for Progress (PRP) still came out the victor and had given the opposition party an unusual level of media and campaign openness, the outcome was nonetheless contested by the United National Salvation party (USN) as being deeply unjust.

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  • Weekly Events:

    Events of the Week of August 19th to 25th

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    By Leadership Project & Eliya Zulu  // Friday, August 16, 2013

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  • In the News:

    Daily News on the Issues Affecting Africa for August 14th

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    By Leadership Project  // Wednesday, August 14, 2013

    Continue reading for a summary of recent news stories relating to some of the most pressing issues on the continent. We draw on a wide range of respected news sources, both from Africa itself and around the world. The themes of today’s In the News post are the JKIA fire in Kenya, Egyptian and Libyan protests, politics in Niger, women’s rights in the DRC, results of Mali’s election, theft of aid supplies in Somalia, and scandal in Liberia.

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  • Director's Discourse:

    ‘Beyond AGOA’: Setting the Stage

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    By Leadership Project  // Monday, August 12, 2013

    The Africa Program and the Project on Leadership and Building State Capacity at the Woodrow Wilson Center are proud to announce the launch of our next special series: ‘Beyond AGOA.’ Signed into law in May of 2000, The African Growth and Opportunity Act seeks to foster stronger relations between the United States and the African continent as a whole while helping economies in many of its countries grow and open themselves up to international trade.

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  • Weekly Events:

    Events for the Week of August 12th – 18th

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    By Leadership Project  // Friday, August 9, 2013

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  • In the News:

    Daily News on the Issues Affecting Africa for August 7th

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    By Leadership Project  // Wednesday, August 7, 2013

    In the News 615wContinue reading for a summary of recent news stories relating to some of the most pressing issues on the continent. We draw on a wide range of respected news sources, both from Africa itself and around the world. The themes of today’s In the News post are breaking news in Kenya and Uganda, jihadists in Tunisia, prison releases in Cote D’Ivoire, urban poverty, LGBT issues, peace in the DRC and run-off elections in Mali.

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  • New ISROP Research Competition Launched – FY 2013 to 2014

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    By Leadership Project  // Friday, August 2, 2013

    The International Security Research and Outreach Programme (ISROP), of the International Security and Intelligence Bureau of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD), annually invites researchers from Canada and abroad to submit proposals to conduct contract research relevant to the Government of Canada’s international security priorities and policies. If a proposal is accepted, contractors will be paid for their services upon completion of their work in accordance with Government of Canada Treasury Board Guidelines.

    The deadline for applications to the ISROP competition in 2013-2014 is 5:00 p.m. (EST), September 4th 2013.

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    Events for the Week of August 5th – 9th

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    By Leadership Project  // Friday, August 2, 2013

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