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Africa
Recent Highlights
Conferences - March 11, 2010
Secretary-General Ban, Gabon President Bongo at IPI Dinner
On March 8th, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined fourteen Security Council ambassadors for a dinner at the International Peace Institute to honor Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba.
Speaker Events - March 10, 2010
Gabon’s Bongo: “We Must Wake Up and Embrace Prevention”
President Ali Bongo Ondimba marked Gabon’s presidency of the UN Security Council this month by addressing an overflow audience of diplomats at the International Peace Institute on March 8th.
Meeting Notes - January 29, 2010
Operationalizing the African Standby Force
Mashood Issaka and Elijah Dickens Mushemeza, rapporteurs
In Kigali, Rwanda last year, the International Peace Institute, the African Union, and the United Nations convened a high-level African civilian and military leaders’ retreat to discuss the challenges surrounding the operationalization of the African Standby Force.
Policy Papers - November 25, 2009
Pursuing the Lord's Resistance Army
Ronald R. Atkinson
In 2008, the Ugandan military pursued the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a northern Ugandan rebel group, into neighboring Congo during the military incursion known as “Operation Lightning Thunder.”
About This Program
Established in 1992, the Africa Program examines the capacity of Africa's regional and sub-regional organizations to prevent and respond to existing and emerging security challenges on the continent. Its primary objective is to deepen knowledge about Africa's crises, draw international attention to them, and contribute to the enhancement of institutional capacities in peace and security. In this regard, the Program works closely with the African Union, regional economic communities, the United Nations, the European Union and other partners and states to explore policy options for capacity building in sustainable peace, stability, and development.
Program Staff
Senior Adviser
hirsch@ipinst.org
Senior Program Officer
Issaka@ipinst.org
Program Administrator
ouattara@ipinst.org