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Africa
Meets Africa. WPFW 89.3 FM - Pacifica
Radio, Washington, DC.
Weekly radio magazine showcasing Africa and the Diaspora.
Thursdays,
8:00 - 9:00pm
"On Africa" - WHUT-TV - TV32 (Howard University)
- Schedules
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The following organizations' Events Pages provide
listings of additional events that are not listed here:
Africa Action - Events
Calendar
Center for Global
Development - Events
IFIwatchnet
- Calendar
InterAction - Events Calendar
Johns
Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) -
Events
Public
Sector Governance Brown Bag Lunch Seminars - World Bank
Society for International
Development - Washington, DC Chapter -
Events
TransAfrica
Forum - Events Calendar
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars - Events
World Bank InfoShop - Book Launch Events
Young
African Professionals Network
February 1-2, 2006
Days of Action to Protect Darfur. Africa Action
Wednesday,
February 1, 2006
National Call-In Day to the United Nations
Thursday,
February 2, 2006. 12:00 Noon
Rally at White House: "February is the Month: Protect Darfur". Lafayette
Park (16th and H Streets NW) Washington, DC
Wednesday, February 1,
2006. 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Transparency International Global
Corruption Report 2006: Corruption in the Health Sector: Seeking the
Cure. At The
University Club of Washington DC, University Hall, Second Floor,
1135 16th Street, NW (A light breakfast will be available at 8:00
a.m. and the event will begin promptly). The 5th edition of the
Transparency International
Global Corruption Report
focuses on the health
sector, where lack of integrity can be a matter of life and death.
Topics include the risks and scale of corruption in different
systems, high-level corruption in Costa Rica, counterfeit medicines
in Nigeria, health care fraud in the United States, conflicts of
interest in the pharmaceutical chain, and corruption in the fight
against HIV/AIDS. For more information on the report: http://www.globalcorruptionreport.org/.
Please RSVP to Caroline Walters by January 27 at
cwalters@transparency-usa.org
Wednesday, February 1, 2006. 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Building Civil Society in Post-Conflict Environments: From the Micro
to the Macro. Sarah Cohen, Program Analyst,
NGO Sector Strengthening Program, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and
Humanitarian Assistance, U.S. Agency for International Development.
Peter Uvin, Henry J. Leir Professor and Chair of
International Humanitarian Studies and Director of the Institute for
Human Security, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts
University.
Wednesday, February 1, 2006. 1:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m.
Global Urban Poverty Research Agenda: The African Case.
Akin L. Mabogunje, Chairman of the Presidential
Technical Board of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, William
Cobbett, Senior Urban Upgrading Adviser, Cities Alliance,
Jane Guyer, Visiting Professor, Department of Anthropology, John
Hopkins University. Woodrow
Wilson International Center for Scholars, Africa Program
Wednesday, February 1,
2006. 2:00 P.M. - 3:30 P.M.
Building for the Future in Southern Sudan: A Forum with Rebecca
Garang. 6th Floor Auditorium, Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars, Ronald Reagan Building, One
Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW. This event will
also be webcast live at 2:00 P.M. EST (14h00 GMT). The Africa
Program, the Project on Leadership and Building State Capacity, and
The Initiative for Inclusive Security are pleased to invite you to a
discussion with Rebecca Nyandeng Garang de Mabior, Southern Sudanese
Minister for Roads and Transportation and political activist.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Africa Program.
Thursday,
February 2, 2006. 9:00-10:30 a.m.
Experiences from Senegal and Benin: The Millennium Challenge Corporation.
Center for Global Development. Longworth House
Office Building, Room 1539 Washington, D.C.
Thursday, February
2, 2006. 10:00 am -2:00 pm
Crossing Borders with
Scientific and Technological Knowledge: International Collaboration for Research
and Development. GMU-GWU Technology, Science, and Innovation Policy
Research Seminar. Center for International Science and Technology Policy, 1957 E
St., NW - Suite 602 Washington, D.C. 20052 Lunch will be provided. RSVP to cistp@gwu.edu
by 5pm Tuesday, January 31st.
Thursday, February 2, 2006. 12:30 - 2:00 PM
The IMF’s Role in Foreign Exchange Surveillance -
Tim Adams, Under Secretary for International Affairs, U.S. Treasury.
American Enterprise Institute, Location: Wohlstetter Conference
Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
Thursday, February 2, 2006.
3:00 - 4:30 PM
Knowledge and the Growth Process -
The Case of India. American Enterprise Institute, Wohlstetter
Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20036.
Friday, February 3, 2006.
10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Blueprint for Action: A Future Worth Creating. Center for Strategic and
International Studies, 1800 K Street, NW, Washington DC, 20006.
Tuesday, February 7,
2006. 2:00-3:00 p.m.
A DISCUSSION
WITH AMBASSADOR JENDAYI FRAZER, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR
AFRICAN AFFAIRS. U.S. Department of State, 23rd Street
Entrance. ADNA Monthly Meeting - 1:00-2:00 p.m. You are cordially
invited to attend a discussion with Ambassador Jendayi Frazer,
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, on the “United
States Foreign Policy In Africa.”
Advocacy Network for Africa.
Contact:
Annette Y. Aulton
aultonAY@state.gov
Tuesday,
February 7, 2006. 4:00 pm –
5:30 pm
Where is the
Comparative Advantage? The Global Fund and World Bank HIV/AIDS Programs Moving
Forward. Center for Global Development. Root Room,
Second Floor, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 1779 Massachusetts
Ave., NW, Washington, DC
Wednesday, February
8, 2006. 12:00 - 2:00pm
Open
Access: New Opportunities. Society for International Development -
Washington, DC
Thursday,
February 9, 2006. 9:00 - 12:30pm
Seminar of Former US Trade Representatives. Center for Strategic and
International Studies, 1800 K Street, NW, Washington DC, 20006.
Thursday, February
9, 2006. 11:00 a.m.
Sea Change or
Cosmetic Change? The Human Rights Council and the Future of Human Rights at the
United Nations.
The Heritage
Foundation, 214 Massachusetts Ave NE, Washington DC 20002-4999
Monday, February 13,
2006
Eritrean Peace
Rally in Washington. The Eritrean American community in
the Washington metropolitan area has called for a Peace Rally on 13
February 2006, to urge the U.S. to prevent another war in the Horn
of Africa by forcing Ethiopia to respect international law and
allowing the implementation of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary
Commission's final and binding ruling. Sophia Tesfamariam
(sophia_tesfamariam@hotmail.com)
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
2006 Annual Conference: "Pulling Together to End Poverty".
Society for International Development - Washington, DC
Tuesday, February 14, 2006. 1:30pm to
3:00pm (Reception will follow)
Next Steps for The Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act.
With: The Honorable Earl Blumenauer, United States
Representative Date: Where: Flom Auditorium 6th Floor, Woodrow
Wilson Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW (Ronald Reagan Bldg). A
live webcast of this event will begin at 2:00 PM EST (14h00 GMT)
Wednesday,
February 15, 2006. 10a.m.
Africa
Day: Trade and Environment. Africa is at the center
of recent discussions on global growth, trade, development and
environmental concerns. The challenge is
keeping the momentum as well as translating the genuine
concerns and official commitments into practical policies,
effective strategies and sustainable activities.
We hope this symposium will contribute to continuing
dialogue through panels which address trade and environmental
issues and possible actions in 2006.
For more info
contact Dr. Robert Edgar
redgar@howard.edu.
Sponsored by the Department of African Studies at Howard
University & the Embassy of the United Kingdom in Washington,
D.C. To be held at
Howard University’s Blackburn Center, 2nd floor.
February 17-19, 2006
The 8th Annual Africa Business Conference: "Seizing
Opportunities in Africa: A New Paradigm for the Future."
Harvard Business School, Boston.
Tuesday, February 21,
2006. 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Book Launch--The Case for Goliath: How America
Acts As the World’s Government in the 21st Century.
with Michael Mandelbaum,
Christian A. Herter Professor of American Foreign Policy, The Johns
Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
Thursday, February 23, 2006.
2p.m.
Book Launch:
Myths and Realities in the Distribution of Socioeconomic Resources
and Political Power in Ethiopia by Dr. Kasahun
Woldemariam: Distribution of
socioeconomic resources & political power in Ethiopia was perceived
in favor of the Amhara. After the collapse of the military regime,
the present regime sought to rectify what it believed to be the
distorted distribution of resources & power in Ethiopia. This led to
the division of the country into "ethnic Bantustans" and hindered
any real move towards development.
In this work, the author argues that the
Amhara were as excluded economically & politically as any other
ethnic group in Ethiopia, and that the concept of Amhara domination
is a myth. Howard University,
Ralph J. Bunche
Friday, February 24, 2006. 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
II Symposium on International Trade.
The Woodrow Wilson International Center. Panels include:
Agriculture, NAMA and the Future of the Doha Round • Disputes and
Dispute Settlement in the WTO: Evolution and Perspectives •
Antidumping Practice and Rules Negotiations • Bilateral Relations
between the U.S. and Brazil.
Saturday, February 25, 2006.
7:30pm
Defining Empowerment
through Leadership - African Empowerment & Appreciation Dinner:
Black History Month. Tricia
Erickson of Angels Records and producer of Emancipation
Revelation/Revolution, which won the premier black film festival in
the country; Edwin Udenkwo, Chair of Multicultural Alliance, Prince
Georges County; and Live Performance by Abiodun Koya, Opera and
Classical Singer and African Artistes Based Abroad. Venue: Nyamburu
Cultural Center, University of Maryland, College Park. Dress Code:
African or other Traditional Attire. Admission: By Patronage. For
information and reservation, please call 240-432-0604; 202-841-9933
February 25-26, 2006
'Student Global AIDS
Campaign' National Conference. Contact:
Julieanne Burridge julieanne.burridge@gmail.com (978) 766 7214
Coming
in April 2006 (Boston, MA)
Sweet
Mother Tour Conference - Empowering Africans in the 21st Century. THE SWEET MOTHER TOUR PRESENTS: “Youth and the
New Pan-African Renaissance: Rebuilding Africa for the 21st Century”
April 7-9, 2006.
sweetmother.org.
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