Senior Researcher @NordicAfrica. Works on @UN in Africa; women's peace & security; preventing sexual violence. Board @LPI_voices. Ts my own. RTs ≠ endorsements.
Launch of the report 'A Shared Commitment: African-Nordic Peace and Security Cooperation' this week in Addis Ababa! Download and read here: https://t.co/rYWYKlBPv1
🇸🇪 & 🇳🇴 hosted a report launch & policy dialogue on African-Nordic peace & security cooperation.
How can this partnership evolve in order to respond to current and new conflicts?
Joint report by @nupinytt & @NordicAfrica:
https://t.co/bSpKF81Bu2
Earlier today, Amani Africa's team had a fruitful exchange with Dr. Angela Muvumba Sellström and Daike Möhrle from the Nordic Africa Institute @NordicAfrica. The conversation revolved around the reform of the multilateral system, synergies between #AUPSC and #UNSC and explored the diverse areas of work of both institutions. The discussions also touched upon potential future collaborative opportunities.
2024 is a great election year! 🗳️
Some of the world’s biggest democracies are holding elections this year - also South Africa 🇿🇦
The Nordics will continue to support a human rights-based democracy throughout the world.
Read our joint oped in Sunday Times today 👇🏻👇🏻
Join us for an exclusive webinar where we launch the report "A Shared Commitment: African-Nordic Peace and Security Cooperation". Listen to some of the contributors to the report in a lively discussion about the progress made in African-Nordic cooperation over the last decade. ⬇️
We'd like to make a visual point about interpreting the UN Charter:
The Charter comprises 66 pages in a 4x5" book.
It's pictured here with some of the 1000s of pages of important commentary on it.
In other words, reading the Charter itself is only a 1st step for understanding it.
NAI & @uganda_cfr recently hosted a roundtable in Kampala on the Non-Aligned Movement as Uganda assumes the chairmanship in 2024. Ambassador @adoniaayebare & senior researcher @Ndinga share their thoughts on the evolving role of #NAM in a multipolar world👉https://t.co/YnxT7HaaWo
Source: https://t.co/c4vrQJAQd2
What we are observing is EU’s attempts to relocalise industries on European soil. There are questions about how utopian that goal is but, regardless, for African countries, the question is how does the is fit with statements on industrialisation?
Yesterday, the EC announced that “ the new Green Energy Park [in Brazil] will be a 10 GW production facility for clean hydrogen and ammonia, which will then be shipped to the island of Krk in Croatia. From there, hydrogen will travel to serve industrial off-takers.” 2/3
Africa as a commodity producer. Not more. The EU has made it clear that, rethoric on industrialisation aside, it mainly wants commodities (hydrogen, critical minerals). Will we make our interests clear and fight for them?
Africa isn’t alone though. Even countries like Brazil 1/3
Engaging discussion at NAI today with Prof @sholaomotola & Prof @BabsFagbayibo moderated by Prof @EleanorFisher_ about the resurgence of military coups in Africa. Participants explored the impact on democracy, security & development & also how it affects the legitimacy of the AU
Warm thanks to @MbararaUST Deputy Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs, Prof. @kamukama_nixon for encouraging engagement on science communication and hosting part of the NAI coms team this week in Mbarara, hopefully the start of more wonderful collaborations!
Wrapping up our second day of science communication workshops in @MbararaUST in which we delved into target mapping, Science to policy communication strategy and writing for policy makers. Lively and engaged discussions among our participants!