03: Liberty and Security in Africa: Evidence and Voices from the Continent and Beyond
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Hauptschule
Seminar
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in englischer Sprache’This year we will celebrate one of the greatest achievements of humanity: we will celebrate the triumph of freedom over subjugation, the triumph of democracy over racist tyranny, the triumph of hope over despair.’ – This is how Cyril Ramaphosa, president of South Africa, described the end of apartheid and the election of Nelson Mandela in 1994. But what does this freedom imply? The seminar will examine the understanding of freedom and security in selected African states. Is the concept of freedom politically negotiable? Do security forces in Africa actually provide safety or are they, under certain conditions, a source of insecurity?
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Dr. Gerald HAINZL
Researcher, Institute for Peace Support and Conflict Managment, National Defence Academy, Vienna
| Studium Afrikanistik, Politikwissenschaften und Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, Universität Wien | |
| Doktoratstudium Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, Universität Wien | |
| seit 1996 | BMLV (Bundesheer) |
| seit 2004 | Institut für Friedenssicherung und Konfliktmanagement, Landesverteidigungsakademie, Wien |
Dr. Leena Koni HOFFMANN
Associate Fellow and Country Lead, Africa Programme, Chatham House, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, London
| Dr Leena Koni Hoffmann is an Associate Fellow of the Africa Programme at Chatham House and the Nigeria Country Lead for the Africa Programme’s Social Norms and Accountable Governance Project (SNAG). She is also a technical advisor on food security and agricultural policy to the Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) and a member of the International Advisory Board of SOS SAHEL. Leena was recently appointed to the OECD's Sahel and West Africa Club's Gender and Youth Working Group. Her research focuses on regional trade, corruption and governance, African politics and security. Leena has worked as an investigator for Nigeria’s Anti-Corruption Commission and a Marie Curie Research Fellow at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER). |
Amara NWANKPA
Director, Public Policy Initiative, Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Foundation, Abuja
| Amara is civic technologies expert and a public policy analyst. He is the Director of the Yar’Adua Foundation’s Public Policy Initiative, established to encourage the formulation and implementation of sustainable public policies focused on climate advocacy, credible elections, governance and accountability in Africa. Amara has been actively involved in civil advocacy and youth mobilisation since 2009 - influencing public policy and governance processes, particularly with regard to energy access and climate action. As part of his work for the Foundation, he leads projects that have influenced public policy on fuel subsidies and placed climate change at the centre of public discourse. The Foundation’s award-winning documentaries," Nowhere to Run" and "Swallow", have been screened internationally and driven conversations and actions on the intersectionality of climate change and security threats. Amara has expertise in designing and deploying digital technology for good governance and national development. He has contributed to the development and implementation of 1-Gov.net platform; a shared services platform for the Nigerian government. 1-Gov.net was awarded the 2013 United Nations Public Service Award for 1st Place in Africa in promoting whole-of-government approaches in the Information Age. |
