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Important fact for Africa-EU negotiations: Germany is now Africa's #1 trading partner in Europe.

Yacouba #Sawadogo begrünt sein Land #BurkinaFaso – und erhält dafür den Alternativen Nobelpreis. #AlternativerNobelpreis bit.ly/2MZTAgS

commoooon...self-praise for no more plastic straws next to individually (plastic) packed milk, honey, coffee lids. this is funny. #coherence

Job vacancy at Afrika-Verein: We are looking for a regional manager for West Africa with an interest in the ICT sector and start-ups. For more information, click here: bit.ly/2H58STW (in German)

🔥 Take your playlist from 0 to 💯 with these 10 songs. bit.ly/2ROsIqK

#GLOBE21 tomorrow: ARTE-documentary "How to Steal a Country" and GLOBE|Dialogue on #GuptaLeaks, #corruption and #disinformation in #SouthAfrica. Starting Friday 7pm with Rehad Desai, Constanze Blum and #UlfEngel. In German & English. bit.ly/3zcWmsB

Die erste Ausgabe der FGZ-Summer-School geht heute ins Finale! Das Thema: Crisis Discourse as an instrument for Maintaining Power. Heute mit Constanze Blum, Man Zhang und Therese Mager. Beginn 09:30 Uhr. fgz-risc.de/veranstaltunge…

Um grenzüberschreitende #Friedensarbeit + Erfahrungen und Trends aus Afrika geht es morgen im Panel von 18:30 bis 19:45 Uhr mit Constanze Blum, Ulf Engel, Jens Herpolsheimer, Andreas Mehler and Elisio Macamo. Zum Event: bit.ly/36An5Sw #GLOBE21

Incredibly inspiring session on precolonial Africa thanks to fabulous Constanze Blum in Leipzig Border Studies Reading Group today! With intense discussion on power, property and sense of place (bringing up questions of early modern period, too!!🤩 ) #borderstudies #borderhistory

How do populism & soundbite politics affect journalism and academia? Join our workshop with amazing panellists from South Africa, Tanzania, Bangladesh and the Philippines on Dec. 20! Organized by Forschungsinstitut Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt Conflict Research Group @recentglobe. Full programme & sign up: bit.ly/3ytTasx

Last week was quite eventful. Thanks to The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation #IJR UNIVERSITÄT LEIPZIG and RISC for a thought-provoking workshop on Populisms & Social Cohesion in Southern Africa. It was refreshing to spend the week with some of our region’s leading scholars & practitioners. Constanze Blum Ottilia Anna MaSibanda #Y4P

"Against thy Neighbour: The Rise of Xenophobic Populism in South Africa" – new FGZ Blogpost by Constanze Blum (Leipzig) #afrophobia #apartheid #migration #populism #racism #migration #SouthAfrica ➡️ fgzrisc.hypotheses.org/3033 UNIVERSITÄT LEIPZIG Leipzig Research Centre Global Dynamics Constanze Blum

Two great weeks at the Department of Conflict and Development Studies UGent as #EMGS teaching fellow ending today. Thank you for this wonderful opportunity & for having me! Julian Kuttig María Martín de Almagro GESI

Thanks to everyone who attended our panel last week at #ECAS2023 "Management consultants, developers and politics in Africa" Read the paper abstracts here: ecasconference.org/2023/programme… Pritish Behuria Mohamed Muse Constanze Blum

Conference: Save the Date & Call for Presentations or Sessions Bridging the Divide. Exploring the Local in Social Cohesion. Keynote by @citiesandstuff Prof. Alan Latham | UCL 🗓️ October 12-13, 2023 📍Leibniz Uni Hannover Submission deadline: July 1, 2023 ⬇️ fgz-risc.link/bridging-the-d…

Check out our new publication on social cohesion and populism(s) in Southern Africa👇. Thanks to all the amazing contributors Rui Tyitende Ringisai Chikohomero & many others. Special thanks to co-editor Ulf Engel & Forschungsinstitut Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation #IJR Heinrich Böll Stiftung Office Cape Town for bringing us all together back in May 2022!

🚨 Interesting call for papers on #socialcohesion in Africa VAD e.V. (30/9 - 2/10 2024 in Bayreuth). Check out the panel on "Social cohesion and social media: (Foreign) hidden hands, populist influencers and 'ordinary people'"&submit abstract until 31 Jan: nomadit.co.uk/conference/vad…

How can an inclusive #rememberanceculture in a society marked by apartheid and colonialism look like? In the new FGZ blog post, Constanze Blum analyses how activism can contribute to social cohesion and reconciliation in Namibia. 👇 👇 fgzrisc.hypotheses.org/4757

As polling draws to a close in 🇿🇦, have a look at this insightful analysis by Prof Christi v d Westhuizen CANRAD MandelaUni on what these elections mean for the country & the alarming surge of ethno-racial populism in elect. campaign recentglobe.hypotheses.org/2659 Leipzig Research Centre Global Dynamics Forschungsinstitut Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt